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shade

[shayd] / ʃeɪd /








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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

She added that older trees like the Bendy Tree are part of a community's culture, providing shade and stories.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

They were a mean shade of blue, like dark waters.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

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

The star attraction are Shetland's native sheep and the earthy shades of cream, brown and black of their wool.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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

The background fabric was made of a tessellated pattern of triangles in shades of gray and blue.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

Short came to embody the inverse of that picture, the shaded gloom lurking in places that escape sunshiny illumination.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

LA28 organizers say all of those pavilions will be climate-controlled or shaded, featuring “Olympic Games-inspired décor, an L.A.-inspired food item and welcome drink, and additional food and beverages available for purchase.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

“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

My straw hat shaded my eyes, but that was all in the world good it did.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

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

The project in Boyle Heights would enhance bike lanes and pedestrian-level lighting and improve shading by planting more than 300 shade trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

References to "shading" in some of the ancient texts may have referred to differences in tuning.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones


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