: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
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Images of the skinned bear in the residence hall kitchen have circulated on social media, notably Reddit.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Curiosity and possibly even lust play into their first encounter; part of the welcome complexity between this pale-skinned woman of substance and this tall, equally alabaster, formerly dead drink of water is the ambiguity in their initial interactions.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Wu takes attacks personally and is thin skinned, dismissing the criticism rather than trying to learn something from her mistakes.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
The officer was a güero, Acosta Peña told me—blond and light-skinned.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Curiosity and possibly even lust play into their first encounter; part of the welcome complexity between this pale-skinned woman of substance and this tall, equally alabaster, formerly dead drink of water is the ambiguity in their initial interactions.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Wu takes attacks personally and is thin skinned, dismissing the criticism rather than trying to learn something from her mistakes.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
The officer was a güero, Acosta Peña told me—blond and light-skinned.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinned. Accessed 17 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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