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complexion

[kuhm-plek-shuhn] / kəmˈplɛk ʃən /


NOUN
general nature of something
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Strip that money out and it changes the whole complexion of the competition.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Seeing an Afro-Latina woman with a darker skin complexion achieve such a level of success was the representation I needed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

"Our hormones affect our skin, they affect our collagen, so a lot of people find their skin becomes drier, their complexion not so bright, they might have acne and spots," Newson explains.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

No host other than Conan O’Brien got more mileage out of his pale complexion, like when Colbert boasted of a vacation tan that took his skin tone “from porcelain to poached chicken breast.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

He was a beefy man with a ruddy complexion and boundless energy.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

It is turning out to be quite the month for trade deals of various complexions.

From BBC ● May 8, 2025

While melanoma may be found less frequently in people with darker complexions than fair ones, this potentially serious form of cancer can strike anyone.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024

Germany’s 16 states, which have significant powers in many policy areas, have governments of many different political complexions.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

These are defining scenes in the book sharply realized on screen by setting them in rooms flooded by light, making Thompson's and Negga's complexions register as a shade of white on the film's monochrome palette.

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2021

But in the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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