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Vince Mulcahy, who sports a snow-white mustache and a slate-gray hunting vest, grew up in the Alaskan wilderness.—Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026 The two-mile loop takes between two and three hours to complete and provides expansive views of the rippling snow-white gypsum dunes.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 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 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
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of snow-white was
before the 12th century