as in pale
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as in bleaching
to make white or whiter by removing color
the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt
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Noun
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The Curse of the Were-Rabbit pales in comparison to Park’s original short films, mostly because an extended Wallace and Gromit exploit lends itself to some slack pacing and dull moments.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025 -
But nobody could have imagined that the little girl featured in it would go on to experience trials and tragedies that make George Bailey’s pale in comparison.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Similarly, bleaching with chemicals like permanganate or hypochlorite, which consumes substantial water, can be replaced by ozone bleaching using air, significantly reducing water usage and simplifying the drying process.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Dec. 2024
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To keep their golden color, sultanas are treated with sulfur dioxide, a bleaching preservative that prevents them from oxidizing (turning brown) and retains their quality and uniform color.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
29 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The post explained that these fast, dog-like creatures can climb fences or wait in the shadows, ready to pounce on a pet when the opportunity presents itself.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the second incident, in September, a Secret Service agent saw a man hiding in the bushes and pointing a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach while Trump was playing there.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The photograph of a marble sculpture displayed on a marble wall at the Nationalgalerie was more than a clever conceit.—
Richard Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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These 1500-watt electric heaters at Walmart plug into any wall outlet and offer instant relief from the cold for the people in front of them instead of heating the surrounding air.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The forecast came in the wake of its sudden dimming during 2023 after a decade of gradually brightening.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Trader stepped outside, into the brightening gray, and placed an FPV drone on a wooden stool resting on its side.—
C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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While corporate America has long celebrated shattering the glass ceiling, a more pervasive barrier continues to hold women back from reaching leadership positions — the broken rung.—
Kara Dennison, SPHR, CPRW, EC,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Many of the construction workers disappeared before police could talk with them and those who did speak with authorities faced a communication barrier, per the family’s GoFundMe.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Paling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paling. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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