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shade

[shayd] / ʃeɪd /








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Target’s revamped Soho location in New York is designed to help consumers discover new products, with cues to signal sophistication that include a darker shade of the retailer’s trademark red.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

More trees to provide shade, older varieties of cereals that withstand heat better.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The thing that I love and hate about Rue’s grandmother is that she gives the best shade of any Black woman I’ve ever met.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

However, some trees could still produce spectacular shades of red, orange and gold.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

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

On March 19, 2005, alone in his office with the door closed and the shades drawn, reading an abstruse textbook on credit derivatives, Michael Burry got an idea: credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

This means that the electrical current can flow around shaded areas, unlike with standard modules.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

“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

Polly rose from her place by the fire, went to the window, shaded her eyes from the light, and stared out into the mist.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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

External shading, such as shutters, awnings or shades, can be even more effective because it stops some sunlight before it reaches the glass.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

It’s notable that Aviv uses only the first part of the quote as the essay’s title, shading its meaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Below, they were waiting, hands and handkerchiefs shading their eyes.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison


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