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Cooler white dwarfs with atmospheres containing both hydrogen and helium can develop cyan or pale blue coloring.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Their luminous, pale surfaces are covered in geometric markings that could be a lost version of cuneiform, and the objects’ irregular edges bring to mind a puzzle long ago disassembled and dispersed to far-flung locales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

A Groatie Buckie is a small, pale pink and white shell found on beaches across Orkney, which in local tradition brings good luck and fortune to the keeper.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Concepts that would have been considered beyond the pale only a few years ago are increasingly entering mainstream political discourse,” Ms. Stern says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

There were thin clouds that didn't move in the sky and pale sunlight along the horizon.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Although fans seemed to like the crossover, the conflict pales in comparison to other monster duels such as “Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman” and “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Much is at stake in keeping it going, even if it all pales in comparison to humanity’s potential extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Even with Wednesday's jump, growth in the company's share price has trailed other chip companies in recent months and pales in comparison to the stratospheric leaps in 2023 that followed the launch of ChatGPT.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The $300 dividend, I hope, pales in comparison, even though you were obviously confused and disappointed to miss out on the dividend.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Added to this misery there’s another, but of a more personal nature, and it pales in comparison to the suffering I’ve just told you about.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

The pod-like leaf called a spathe is slightly rounder and paler than the darker, flatter blades of seagrass.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

By then, Thyri, paler than usual, couldn’t crawl or stand up on her own, James said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024

A light sprinkling of coarse brown sugar or coconut sugar right before serving looks pretty against the paler shade of the top layer, but, honestly, this cheesecake is ready, set, go straight from the refrigerator.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

Interviewed this week at the Manhattan offices of his longtime publisher, Random House, he is thinner, paler, scarred and blind in his right eye.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

There’s no way he could look paler, but his lips are unusually violet, and he looks like he might pass out.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

“It was important to figure out where those bright pinks would live alongside our palest, pastel pink and, of course, every tone of pink in between,” Gerwig says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024

These cookies bake to a beautiful toasty color and are topped with an artful smear of the palest pastel icing that is lightning-fast to whip up.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2022

The world seems to have embraced the notion that rosé is meant to wear only the palest shade of pink.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021

Forty years after my father’s interrogation I find myself following the palest of imprints of his journey, though with none of his courage, or certainty, and none of the risk.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2019

Even from a distance, Jesper could see the stacks of bills in palest Kerch purple, emblazoned with the three flying fish, row after row of them, bound in paper bands sealed with wax.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

OpenAI’s talent, funding and scientific papers paled in comparison to Google.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

But the shock of that request paled in comparison to another number.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Some guests said security protocols paled in comparison to the security screenings that VIPs faced when they went to exclusive after-dinner parties on Saturday night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Back then, IBM certainly wouldn’t have hired weird longish-haired geeks like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were working with chintzy little microprocessors that paled in comparison with IBM’s mighty mainframes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

But they all paled in comparison to the four-plate door.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

That said, the approach adds texture to a film set during Carnival, the festival’s vibrancy paling in comparison to the creative exuberance on display.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

What, you might ask, prompted this remark from the paling former personality?

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2023

But each of those fines was for just $6,949, paling in comparison to what Metcalf received for the incident with Baynes, and speaking to how the NFL views any verbal offenses directed at officials.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

Free agency is in its infancy in MLS, paling in the impact and intrigue that grips the NBA, NFL and MLB.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019

I absolutely must go in by myself, though I hate being stuck up in the barouche-landau without a companion; but Augusta, I believe, with her own good-will, would never stir beyond the park paling.’

From "Emma" by Jane Austen