chalky

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Adjective
  • This specific shade of brunette, with both warm and cool tones, starts with a rich, chocolatey base, says Rez, and features cool, sandy-toned highlights and ashy reflects throughout.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Its lightest shade, Biscuit, perfectly nails the ashy tone that emulates natural shadows of bone structure.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.
    Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The horizon is low and the pale blue sky occupies most of the monumental canvas.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The pool of money is far less — $15 million. Between the lines: These basketball earnings pale compared with how much football programs are paid.
    Analis Bailey, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Local soils are exceptionally sandy and not adjusted to the acidity preferred by azaleas.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Planting tomatoes in intensely sandy soil requires watering them at least twice a day or more in some cases.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is why babies and toddlers with a shock of blond hair can end up a mousy brown color in adulthood.
    RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For evidence, just look at her recent transformation from mousy brunette to bombshell blonde.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Notably, a very faded painting of the crucifixion scene with Jesus on the cross was also uncovered, the image of his crown of thorns sticking out from an orange and yellow backdrop.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Gap High-Rise Wide-Leg Jeans These wide-leg jeans are designed in a light blue wash with whiskered and faded details, and flared, bell-like hems.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Chalky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalky. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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