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as in faded
lacking intensity of color
we chose a very pale pink for the walls of the room
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as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
after a week with the flu, she was deathly pale and noticeably thinner
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
a pale outline off in the distance proved to be someone out for a walk
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as in to bleach
to make white or whiter by removing color
the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt
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Recent Examples of pale
Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025
Symptoms like fatigue, dizziness, and pale skin may signal low red blood cell and hemoglobin levels.
—Andrea L. Braden, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2025
Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2025
Visually speaking, these last two episodes have paled a bit in comparison.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Scott Phillips, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
This has been more than a little distressing to Emilia Pérez’s many online detractors, from whom the musical’s razzle-dazzle showmanship pales in comparison to its hamfisted approach to trans issues and its artificial vision of Mexico.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
While Fletcher went for white details, a pale green is also available for anyone seeking color.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025
Symptoms like fatigue, dizziness, and pale skin may signal low red blood cell and hemoglobin levels.
—Andrea L. Braden, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
Those heat effects paled in comparison to the natural clock variation across different consoles, though.
—Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2025
Visually speaking, these last two episodes have paled a bit in comparison.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
Although Cunningham is shooting a respectable 35 percent from the floor, that mark pales in comparison to the other seven players in the competition.
—Scott Phillips, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
This has been more than a little distressing to Emilia Pérez’s many online detractors, from whom the musical’s razzle-dazzle showmanship pales in comparison to its hamfisted approach to trans issues and its artificial vision of Mexico.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pale
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Gap High-Rise Wide-Leg Jeans These wide-leg jeans are designed in a light blue wash with whiskered and faded details, and flared, bell-like hems.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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While the original, faded version of the Declaration is housed at the National Archives, the copy in the Oval Office appears to feature clear and legible text.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.—
Karen Dobos,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
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When breaches do occur, the notifications are often vague or slow to arrive, leaving users unaware of the risks they have been exposed to—and unsure of how to respond effectively.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Cooking up breakfast, lunch and dinner miles from the vaguest evidence of human civilization becomes easier than ever before.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
Adjective
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The cut of the jewels refracts every single light source.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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In addition to powering up your automobile, it can also be used as portable power bank to charge up your phone, tablet, and other USB devices or as a 100-lumen LED flashlight (with seven different light modes!).—
Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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Deeper within the planet, though, the surface might be emanating a faint red, due to incandescence resulting from being baked by its star.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Fore one, telescopes have difficulty distinguishing the faint light from a planet from the much brighter light emitted by its host star.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Federal Railway Safety Act But Cassity and other union leaders remain concerned that little requires railroads like Norfolk Southern to maintain these protocols once the headlines of East Palestine fade away.—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Third to Journalism in the recent San Felipe Stakes — the race that more or less made Journalism a candidate Derby horse and that saw Rodriguez fade to show — Rodriguez currently clings to step No. 30 on the Derby points ladder, with 21-plus points.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The car then fell over a wall on the highway and was hit by two southbound vehicles.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2025
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As women age, changes in hormone production can cause the vaginal walls to thin.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Pale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pale. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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