as in to fade
to make white or whiter by removing color
bleached the stained shirt back to its original white
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Recent Examples of bleach
Africa, where the World Health Organization has deemed skin bleaching a dangerous and common phenomenon, is no exception.
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Flash-forward nine years, and Joan (now played by a grad school-aged actor) is bleaching her hair and doctoring her selfies with the Ethnos app (designed to make people of color look white).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
From stained and faded (and impossibly cool) leather jackets at Miu Miu and Dior to outerwear that looked bleached at Vaquera and Louis Vuitton, cold-weather staples with a character made a case for buying used this fall.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Congress has not voted to bleach the government and the nation’s universities and public schools of anything suggesting multiracial and gender equity.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2025
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Flash-forward nine years, and Joan (now played by a grad school-aged actor) is bleaching her hair and doctoring her selfies with the Ethnos app (designed to make people of color look white).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
From stained and faded (and impossibly cool) leather jackets at Miu Miu and Dior to outerwear that looked bleached at Vaquera and Louis Vuitton, cold-weather staples with a character made a case for buying used this fall.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Congress has not voted to bleach the government and the nation’s universities and public schools of anything suggesting multiracial and gender equity.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleach
Verb
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Curiosity fades fast when people don’t feel safe to use it.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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As the skin became more brittle, the hair fell out and the fatty layer beneath began to show more through the years, the white color faded, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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One of the shades is for your typical correcting, while the other is for brightening around your eyes.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
4 Apr. 2025
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Harper Beckham is brightening up her look just in time for the warmer months!—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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That dulled the outcome for A’s fans but not all of the energy for fans soaking in the historic moment.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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More than a century later, fine particles of pollution still clung to its feathers, dulling what once was a scarlet red breast to a mottled gray.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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But Mansur's mixtures, like all whitening products, come with a catch.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2025
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These ingredients are proven to effectively whiten teeth while still being as safe and gentle on tooth enamel as baking soda.13 These products may come in the form of toothpaste, whitening pens or strips, or whitening trays that might include an LED light for further activation.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Bleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleach. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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