: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
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Angela, a light-skinned Black woman, leaves her home in Philadelphia after the death of her parents and consciously chooses to hide her racial identity.
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Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Thunder God Vine Thunder god vine comes from the skinned root of a vine-like plant found in Asia.
—Carol Eustice, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2025
The loup de mer is crisp-skinned over eggplant caviar, roasted sweet peppers, tomato confit, and basil, finished with a saffron bouillon poured to order.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
His ascension consolidates power in the hands of members of the country’s small, lighter-skinned economic elite for the first time in recent memory, and has been for months the subject of political infighting and intense debates about colorism and class that harken back to Haiti’s colonial history.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Thunder God Vine Thunder god vine comes from the skinned root of a vine-like plant found in Asia.
—Carol Eustice, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2025
The loup de mer is crisp-skinned over eggplant caviar, roasted sweet peppers, tomato confit, and basil, finished with a saffron bouillon poured to order.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
His ascension consolidates power in the hands of members of the country’s small, lighter-skinned economic elite for the first time in recent memory, and has been for months the subject of political infighting and intense debates about colorism and class that harken back to Haiti’s colonial history.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinned. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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skinned
adjective
: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
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