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The only guards on duty today are hat-tipping doormen ushering guests into snow-white corridors lined with gold.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026 On one side stood a dozen or so cages occupied by snow-white rats.—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 From inlets covered in neon-green algae, snow-white egrets took flight over ships stacked with thousands of brightly colored containers—imagine a mash-up of Gauguin and Mondrian.—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026 To add to her icy look, her waterline and inner corners are brightened with a snow-white shadow and liner combo.—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026 Bone-in ham steak flops over the rim of its plate, and the table surface is erased when an entrée’s sidekicks — yeast-fragrant rolls the size of baseballs, a green salad practically obscured by a snow-white dollop of the house dressing — are dropped off.—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026 Brassica oleracea Sun Exposure: Full sun Soil Type: Loam, sand
Soil pH: Neutral
Gardenias are the perfect shrub to add a lovely fragrance and snow-white blooms to the garden.—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025 Tall, lean and topped with a crown of snow-white hair, Boston’s own John Slattery has – on stage, television and in films – managed a spectacular career playing smart, commanding and occasionally devious men.—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 4 Nov. 2025 Today, coveted for its snow-white color, veined with delicate gray, the marble is being mined at an astonishing rate.—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of snow-white was
before the 12th century