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complexion

[kuhm-plek-shuhn] / kəmˈplɛk ʃən /


NOUN
general nature of something
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Bullard wrote a book, “The Wrong Complexion for Protection” in 2012 with another environmental and climate justice expert, Beverly Wright, about how federal responses to disasters often exclude black communities.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

I use a little bit of concealer, mascara and then Complexion Rescue by BareMinerals.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018

Complexion in Shakespeare’s time was a measurement of both beauty and virtue.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2015

Complexion, previous skin diseases or a predisposition to shingles or other allergens apparently have nothing to do with the sensitivity to adhesive plaster found in one out of every hundred normal men, women & children.

From Time Magazine Archive

And now as to your Complexion; for believe me, this is a Matter of some Consequence: Though I would not have you effeminate, yet I would have you delicate.

From The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love by Fielding, Henry




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