pale
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Market rents in New York City have surged to record highs in recent years, and median wage increases for renters pale in comparison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Both pale in comparison to the much older Blue Origin, despite its recent problems.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
But any lift in stock price will likely pale in comparison to its downward trajectory over the past eight years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
But in 2011 he started feeling weak and tired, looked pale and suffering from dizziness, headaches and regular chest infections.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
His face is drawn, pale, his eyes bright.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Matthew Murphy, representing Stewart Jones, said his client had showed "genuine, wholehearted remorse" but his financial gain "pales in comparison".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
And yet, all that pales in comparison to what he has been forced to endure while his mother, Janet, twice battled cancer, affecting everyone emotionally and financially.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
However, this all pales in comparison to prime-aged fathers who have participation rates that frequently approach and surpass 95%, irrespective of their child’s age.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Still, for our experts, the wealth-creating power of Standard Oil pales next to Rockefeller’s role in lowering the cost of lighting for the average American through his kerosene production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
When he sees the black veil and pocked skin, his face pales.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
In general, leopards living in open habitats tend to be larger and paler, while those in forested areas are often smaller and darker.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
He withholds his approval to keep the paler, smaller man anxious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Icing will turn a paler shade and thicken.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 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
“And getting a good deal paler than you were—as I saw at first sight. What is the matter?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
“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
When the moment arrived around midday, the expectant swarm of visitors on the town’s beach watched as bands of palest aquamarine and deep slate gray passed across the sea.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
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 reason I’m calling it a ‘complex cream’ is because there are more pigments in the palest of beiges rather than just a cream, like Sherwin-Williams’s Dover White.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2020
Golds, light yellows deepening to vibrant orange, reds from the palest pink to the darkest crimson, greens, all shades, threaded in their intricate patterns, told the history of the world and its Rum.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Microsoft Azure’s 39% cloud growth in the fourth quarter paled in comparison to Google Cloud’s 48% growth, and investors were displeased by Microsoft’s decision to allocate more computing power to internal projects.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Davidson said the U.S. reaction to revelations from the Epstein files has paled in comparison to moves made in the United Kingdom, where the former Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal titles.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Halligan’s turn in the spotlight has paled beside the glow of another pageant veteran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
All of that, however, paled in comparison to the impressiveness of Ohtani’s outing on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
My body, so long unexposed to the sun or the sun lamp, had paled to a cafe-au-lait color.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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 raised my eyes then, and saw Doreen's head silhouetted against the paling window, her blonde hair lit at the tips from behind like a halo of gold.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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