as in to fade
to make white or whiter by removing color
bleached the stained shirt back to its original white
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Recent Examples of bleach
Ortega is not the first celebrity to bleach her brows this year.
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Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
Africa, where the World Health Organization has deemed skin bleaching a dangerous and common phenomenon, is no exception.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Flash-forward nine years, and Joan (now played by a grad school-aged actor) is bleaching her hair and doctoring her selfies with the Ethnos app (designed to make people of color look white).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
From stained and faded (and impossibly cool) leather jackets at Miu Miu and Dior to outerwear that looked bleached at Vaquera and Louis Vuitton, cold-weather staples with a character made a case for buying used this fall.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
Africa, where the World Health Organization has deemed skin bleaching a dangerous and common phenomenon, is no exception.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Flash-forward nine years, and Joan (now played by a grad school-aged actor) is bleaching her hair and doctoring her selfies with the Ethnos app (designed to make people of color look white).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
From stained and faded (and impossibly cool) leather jackets at Miu Miu and Dior to outerwear that looked bleached at Vaquera and Louis Vuitton, cold-weather staples with a character made a case for buying used this fall.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleach
Verb
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Curiosity fades fast when people don’t feel safe to use it.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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As the skin became more brittle, the hair fell out and the fatty layer beneath began to show more through the years, the white color faded, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Hudson's, and potentially Belichick's presence at the competition will only brighten the national spotlight on it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Blink Outdoor 4 Floodlight outdoor security camera brightens your driveway with a 50% discount while capturing clear footage day or night.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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His failure to contend in that or any subsequent majors became a big storyline: Had Rahm’s move to LIV dulled his competitive edge?—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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The intentionally half-baked approach to Season 2 foreshadows an overstuffed and potentially controversial third season, the emotional effect of which will be dulled by the likely long hiatus (Season 1 premiered in January 2023).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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In This Story: Do any teeth whitening kits actually work? Are the best teeth whitening kits safe to use?—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
13 Apr. 2025
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Getting a professional whitening treatment in a dentist's office is the ultimate teeth whitening alternative.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Bleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleach. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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