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shade

[sheyd] / ʃeɪd /








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She said her husband has become persona non grata — “canceled,” in her words — and that the allegations will continue to cast a shade over his career “even if he’s exonerated.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Such names often referred not to a single precise shade but to clusters of related ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Women’s throats are sore, and their eyes are an unflattering shade of red.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Under the shade of a nearby tree in Kakwanyang village, three women sit together pounding wild brown fruits with a hard, rough and lumpy exterior.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

One by one, everybody in the group went up to get a feel of the fabric as it kept changing from one shade to another.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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