as in solid
having or consisting of a single color
an artist who produces monochrome pencil drawings
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Recent Examples of monochrome
Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
The painting is monochrome—blacks, grays, white—and the perspective intentionally distorted.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The classic Nik Silver Efex for black and white images has been rethought to ensure striking monochrome images.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Adjective
Before the show, Beckham styled a mostly monochrome look, evocative of an edgier take on the quiet luxury trend.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
The painting is monochrome—blacks, grays, white—and the perspective intentionally distorted.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
This year, thanks to celebrities like Timothée Chalamet and his head-to-toe butter-yellow Oscars look, men are going monochrome.
—Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The classic Nik Silver Efex for black and white images has been rethought to ensure striking monochrome images.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monochrome
Adjective
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Per Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the cancellation, viewership for season 3 was still solid but the show slipped out of Nielsen's Top 10 Originals chart quicker than its predecessors, and the decision to cancel ultimately came down to the show's hefty price tag.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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While the bullpen has been a bit of a mess, the starting rotation has been solid.—
Will Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Hermanus again shows highly polished craftsmanship, adding the subtlest hint of sepia tones to evoke the period in the early sections, but never to the point where the characters compete with the settings.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
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The light is too harshly angled and full of diodes, too precise, too careful and still somehow not careful enough, not surreal, sepia and tender enough.—
Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The women's brains showed a clear divide between the areas of the brain activated by self and non-self MHCs.—
Breanna Draxler,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2013
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An inspector’s notes also stated there were cardboard containers on the floor, a non-self closing restroom door, no training documentation for the staff.—
Pam McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Venture secondary specialists confirm that secondary prints have tightened from 60 percent discounts to low double-digits on marquee names.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Longer prints mean more power use and more opportunities for your print to peel off the print bed.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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This year at Cannes, celebrities embraced sequins as power pieces, favoring monochromatic metallics and dramatic silhouettes.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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In a monochromatic video, Tevin could be seen dropping to one knee in the sand to pop the question.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
27 May 2025
Noun
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And then, in close-up, a bulldozer turns over rubble, and a family photograph is glimpsed in the debris, a tattered symbol of what has been lost.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
25 May 2025
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Investigators also found on Hughes’ digital devices hundreds of videos and photographs of females from the ages of 5 to 55 in various public places in Colfax.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Because Castile soap has a naturally high pH, this soap is probably not going to be the best choice for delicate materials like wool and silk where a detergent with neutral pH levels is recommended.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
27 May 2025
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Previously, pro-Kremlin trolls had been notably restrained in commenting on Trump, using neutral or careful language, Agentstvo reported.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
28 May 2025
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Take photos so you can be properly compensated for damages when filing an insurance claim.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2025
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“Monochrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monochrome. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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