shade
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In the adumbrated cityscapes and sunlit garden plots, he might remix an inherited gesture, shade or style of line with hazy neighborhood memories of Bursch Elementary or Burke Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Bondi’s memo also threw shade by implication at the use of human translators, while boosting A.I.:
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
But lately the leaders at the 125-year-old law firm spent hours discussing the merits of italics within a custom-made typeface and selecting the exact shade of blue that best communicates the energy of its lawyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Iñárritu spends the film’s first quarter setting the scene and characters — strangely quite literally, raising what looks like a stage curtain but is revealed to be a window shade.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Once again we find Naomi a spot off the side of the road, this time where there’s a bit of shade.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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Thick haze turned the skies in Indonesia's Palangkaraya apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen metres as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
It can appear in various shades - from orange to cream - and has now spread to several seaside locations across the UK.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Around the islands, shallow waters glow in brilliant shades of turquoise, contrasting sharply with the dark blue of the deeper surrounding ocean.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Playing versions of the Chaplins, the Holbrooke sisters share shades of classic Herzog characters while being quite unlike any of the eccentrics he’s brought to life before.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
She wore a blue apron with green ribbons in multiple shades sewn across it over a dress with a blueberry print.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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So, for example, we see a pair of virtually identical 1961 portraits of a man in a white tuxedo, his face shaded with red flecks that are clearly made by hand when viewed up close.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Long vertical windows opened onto a courtyard shaded by a sprawling olive tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Short came to embody the inverse of that picture, the shaded gloom lurking in places that escape sunshiny illumination.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
What is left exposed is protected with bio logs, then held down under netting, which keeps the ground shaded and damp so new vegetation can take hold.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It’s woodsy and shaded, and the dampness of winter still lingers.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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The result was a gripping performance enriched by tonal beauty, subtle dynamic shading and precise but never fussy playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
For Hartnett, shading in a complete picture, warts and all, is essential to making a character believable.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 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
He said the focus should be on "passive cooling" such as better designs, shading and ventilation.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I squint up at him, shading my eyes from the sun.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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