shade
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One hour and 23 minutes after launch, the Roman team confirmed that the observatory's solar panels and lower instrument sun shade had deployed successfully.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Building sites, for example, must provide workers with suitable clothing such as jackets with built-in fans, as well as air-conditioned break rooms and canopies to ensure shade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
"It doesn't need to be sophisticated," she says, "whatever you can do, just absolutely shade your windows and you will definitely feel the difference in the summer months."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“It is the wildest thing,” says Domingo, stretched out on a sectional in the shade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
His skin started to darken to its usual shade.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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Stephen Morris, an economic theorist, explained why in a 2001 paper titled “Political Correctness”: An adviser who fears being thought a bigot shades what he says until it carries no information at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
There’s more subtlety, more shades of gray, and while it doesn’t have a happy ending either, it offers ecstatic redemption.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
"A large plane flying overhead where somebody could see it, with the shades up and windows illuminated, could tell somebody that it's a particular type of aircraft," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dispatches sent by pool media on board noted a Secret Service order that window shades be lowered during takeoff -- an unusual instruction outside of combat zones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
With the shades pulled halfway down, they looked like a pair of sleepy eyes.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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“A resort-style pool, tranquil lily ponds, meandering pathways, shaded terraces, and a full-size tennis court create moments of both recreation and quiet reflection, where the sounds of nature replace the pace of everyday life.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Village Center convenience store beckons with shaded parking and a freezer full of frozen treats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
That leaves fewer shaded, humid spaces for water to pool and mosquitoes to hide, as well as more access for mosquito predators such as birds and larger insects.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
He was speaking from the shaded courtyard garden of his Mayer am Pfarrplatz heuriger, down the steps from the room where Beethoven stayed while composing part of the Ninth Symphony.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
I take a copy of Harpers Bizarre and find a seat on a shaded bench under a tree.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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We come to admire Ahmad, Perlmutter and Sidhwa, but Teng provides just enough shading so that subtle cultural tensions between the men start to emerge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the rush for everyone to claim tech-company status, we lost a lot of good shading in many iconic logos: Warner Bros.,
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Research on overheating in homes shows that shading and ventilation can be important passive cooling strategies: reducing indoor heat without mechanical cooling.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Measures such as mechanical ventilation or shading don’t work when the heat is relentless, experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“For heaven’s sake, now I can’t see a thing,” Vivian scolds, shading her screen with her hand.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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