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white

[hwahyt, wahyt] / ʰwaɪt, waɪt /


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The white station building was untouched as was a red firefighting truck and small helicopter parked in front of the building.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Davis admitted 1,232 fewer Californians, including fewer Black, Latino, white and Asian students.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Footage of the shopping centre showed white smoke rising as people ran into the car park.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Paxton led among white voters, 53% to 33%.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

The animal’s fur was long and thick, each symmetrical marking the blackest black and the whitest white.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“As a result of that, there were a lot of whites who didn’t like that—at all.”

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Bake for another 7 to 10 minutes, until the egg whites are set and the yolks are cooked to your liking.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

The American South in the 1950s might not have been a global melting pot, but black people had been around as long as whites and were as American as anybody else.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

In other words, finding a young shark could suggest that great whites are not simply passing through Mediterranean waters.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

While the two policemen argued, a group sprang to action, blacks and whites together, diving into the water to find Eugene.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Other proposed methods include squirting aerosols into the atmosphere or using microbubbles to make the ocean whiter.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

After 12 hours, they were nearly 50% whiter than similar teeth brushed with a saline solution.

From Science Daily Mar. 23, 2026

A banner ad for a bottle of Tide’s laundry detergent most recently spotted by Yoder blasted out the message: “Boosted: Cleaner, whiter, brighter, fresher.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Firstly, they are two to three times as bright as traditional halogens, and their "colour temperature" is bluer and whiter, which mimics natural daylight.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

But the relevant point about Holly is that she is visibly unwell—possibly whiter, on a daily basis, than anyone else in the state.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Pike County, in Kentucky's fifth congressional district, is the whitest and second poorest district in the nation.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2024

The whitest layer the furthest away from the ground is regarded as safer to consume.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2024

This innovation was derived from the intricate biological structure of Cyphochilus, the whitest known beetle.

From Science Daily Jan. 3, 2024

In 2021, Guinness declared it the whitest paint ever, and it has since collected several awards.

From Seattle Times Jul. 16, 2023

But one day, she couldn’t stop staring, and soon, the girl, who was the whitest thing on the trolley, caught her.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

We always feel when something's been whited out because someone didn't understand or translate the culture.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2022

Photos show the reference was first whited out, then a laminated description without the sentence was taped over the original placard.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2020

Sometimes he whited them out completely with gouache.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2019

Everything is whited out at first, as if I’ve taken off my sunglasses on a glaringly bright day.

From Science Magazine Oct. 26, 2018

Outside, the sky had whited over with clouds, and shine spilled across the surfaces, sending motes before my eyes.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

The wild fish studied included Pacific and Peruvian anchoveta, and Atlantic herring, mackerel, sprat and blue whiting -- which are all marketed and consumed as seafood.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

The species that are most frequently parasitised include salmon, tuna, squid, cod, hake, mackerel, mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting, sardines and anchovies.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2023

They visited the Penguins' Rock enclosure - which is home to gentoo, rockhopper and king penguins - and fed the residents with blue whiting from a bucket.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2022

The mass of blue whiting, a subspecies of cod used in the manufacturing of fish fingers, fish oil and other products, covered a surface of nearly 32,300 square feet, the nonprofit said.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2022

People would come up the path to the house with bags of fresh-caught shrimp or a bushel of snapping blue crabs or a few whiting just off the fishing pole.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce




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