whitewashed

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The blunt imposing tower, in the rear, is in fact a chapel, a soaring whitewashed space illuminated by its own skylight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Fuelled by a tourism boom, real estate fever has broken out across the Cyclades archipelago, threatening to destroy iconic landscapes of whitewashed houses and blue church domes.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

That is why this history and legacy must be whitewashed and destroyed.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

The site’s biographical articles are meant to be factual, not flattering, and even widely admired historical figures do not have whitewashed pages.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2025

We fixed the roofs, whitewashed the house from top to bottom, and cleaned it inside and out until it sparkled.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende