as in grey
of the color gray
the black stallion and white mare produced a grayish filly
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Recent Examples of grayish
On a grayish Thursday afternoon in the East Village, Alan Cumming can be found at — where else? — Club Cumming.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
After digging, detectives found adipocere, a grayish wax or oil that a body emits when decomposing.
—Yasmeen Saadi, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2024
Warning signs for an overdose might include lips and/or fingertips turning blue, pale or grayish skin, unresponsiveness, limpness, slow or stopped breathing and loud snoring, according to the health department.
—Brennan Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
Taylor works out of a squat, grayish building on a residential street near the railroad tracks.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
After digging, detectives found adipocere, a grayish wax or oil that a body emits when decomposing.
—Yasmeen Saadi, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2024
Warning signs for an overdose might include lips and/or fingertips turning blue, pale or grayish skin, unresponsiveness, limpness, slow or stopped breathing and loud snoring, according to the health department.
—Brennan Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
Taylor works out of a squat, grayish building on a residential street near the railroad tracks.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grayish
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Goldie’s also hosts a delightful afternoon tea, with sweets like strawberry and cream cake, peaches and cream tart, early grey tea mousse along with savories such as butter scones, coronation gougere (cheese Gougère, coronation chicken salad, apricots, almonds), and burrata tomato tartine.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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While Ivanka dreamt of an American design for the speech, first lady Melania Trump had Paris on her mind in a grey jacket and matching skirt from Dior — which held its Paris Fashion Week fall 2025 show on the same day.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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The saturated bright colors of Corina’s clothing contrast with the muted, mostly gray colors of the publishing house’s offices.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the clip, the mom of three could be seen wearing green leggings and a gray zip-up hoodie, pushing a black stroller that fully covered her baby daughter inside.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Below it, Måneskin bassist Victoria De Angelis played an upbeat DJ set, wearing a silver party dress from the collection, attracting as much attention as the cool girls who joined her at the end for a dance finale.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Police said the suspect was wearing a black balaclava mask and was seen driving away in a silver car, CBC reported.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Grayish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grayish. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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