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
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.
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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
Most people would’ve just done the water with white foam or grayish blue foam.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
The room, which has a quiet palette of dusty blues and grayish taupes, is connected through arched doorways to the kitchen on one end and the living room at the other.
—Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
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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
Most people would’ve just done the water with white foam or grayish blue foam.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
The room, which has a quiet palette of dusty blues and grayish taupes, is connected through arched doorways to the kitchen on one end and the living room at the other.
—Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grayish
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At the acclaimed Pebble Beach Golf Links in Northern California, Day opted to wear a grey sweatsuit.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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However, here, the 4,150-square-foot main residence and the complementary two-story lakeside cabana adhere to a relaxed, traditional New England style with grey shingles cladding the exteriors.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025
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February 25, 1909: The Gordon Hat $3.00 in blue, brown, pearl, gray, steel or black.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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While the gray kangaroos used by the scientists aren’t endangered, many other Australian marsupials are—and the researchers hope their findings can help those at-risk species.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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To possess a seventeenth-century Dutch painting of a lobster and some grapes on a silver dish was a way of possessing the actual dish and fruit and crustacean.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Keltie dazzled in a silver Atelier Zuhra strapless chainmail gown, jewels from With Clarity's Bond Collection, including a diamond bracelet, necklace, plus stud earrings and an ear cuff.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Grayish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grayish. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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