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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
Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That’s true even though junior colleges are not NCAA member institutions, and their football program’s quality of play and their players’ NIL opportunities often pale in comparison to D-1.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Skyler Caruso, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Previous seasons had mostly paled in comparison with the quirky original.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2020
Their matchday and commercial revenue pales in comparison.
—Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
However, according to a study published this September in the British Journal of Social Psychology, these traits pale in comparison to one other—kindness.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That’s true even though junior colleges are not NCAA member institutions, and their football program’s quality of play and their players’ NIL opportunities often pale in comparison to D-1.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
While the quantity is surely significant, the quality might pale in comparison due to the December full moon.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Previous seasons had mostly paled in comparison with the quirky original.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
Admittedly, the global disharmony that the Bush administration overcame in 2008 pales in comparison with the bitterness and distrust today.
—Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2020
Their matchday and commercial revenue pales in comparison.
—Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pale
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Its faded and dusty mansions are spangled with Italian marble floors, Mudéjar ceilings, and the fanciest European furniture of the day, now wracked by termites.Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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The board has been forgotten, but its presence looms over everything, not unlike the faded eyes of oculist Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, whose gaze sees all, even quietly desperate Bravo-show guest features that go nowhere.Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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The company, which relies heavily on sales in mainland China where Arc’teryx and Salomon are especially popular, suffered from fears of weak consumer demand given the pallid state of the Chinese economy.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Many in the country have not given up hope the stadium — widely reported to have cost around $500million (£398m), although precise figures are vague — will stage the tournament’s final.Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Make your meetings tight and focused instead of sprawling and vague.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Whereas refined brown sugar is just white sugar mixed with molasses, raw brown sugar is crystallized, and isn’t bleached or heavily processed, Menard says.Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Herr was waiting for him at the top, where the rock formations were bleached and pocked with fossils.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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For something a bit lighter and airy, opt for Sundays No. 31 and Deborah Lippmann’s Grey Day that let the blue undertones shine through.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
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On New Year's Eve, the light rail and Tempe streetcar will operate on a weekday schedule with extended service hours until 2 a.m. Buses will operate on a normal weekday schedule.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
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But when seen against the context of Wednesday’s market rout, the direction of those shifts also gives an indication, however faint, of the narrative animating the markets.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ultra-black butterfly wings, for instance, hint at the possibility of extremely lightweight and absorptive material that could be used to harness solar energy, hone precision telescopes to detect the faintest light traveling across space or produce a camouflage coating for military vessels.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement As the years pass, those banners hanging inside Pauley Pavilion fade like the memories of those championships.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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This shift in mindset happens not through mandate but through results: When teams experience firsthand how AI amplifies their capabilities, their resistance naturally fades.Manmit Shrimali, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s border wall A great deal of border wall fencing existed prior to Trump’s first presidency: Approximately 654 miles of various types of fencing separated the U.S. from Mexico before Trump took office, according to a report published by the Government Accountability Office in 2017.Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
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One deputy appeared to grab the inmate from behind and slam him headfirst into the wall, without a clear provocation.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Pale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pale. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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