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Glacial water helps rebalance minerals, squalane restores suppleness, and olive leaf extract soothes redness and helps keep breakouts in check with its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial properties.—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Oct. 2025 Eye irritation or redness, fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headaches, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting or rash.—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025 Simplified Finding skin care that soothes redness, instead of aggravating it, can feel like a hunt.—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025 Shen notes that gonorrhea can also spread to the eyes if a person touches them after making contact with infected areas, leading to redness, pain and discharge.—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for redness
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of redness was
before the 12th century
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