shade into
phrasal verb
shaded into; shading into; shades into
: to slowly or gradually change into (something) or become the same as (something)
as day shades into night
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New Balance 574 Sneakers Standout details like these New Balance 574 sneakers are the perfect way to incorporate this icy shade into your wardrobe.
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Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2026
The new slats are more neatly contained within the central rectangular grille, transformed visually via alternating shades into a series of dashes.
—New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2025
In the video, widely circulated by studio A24 on social media, Chalamet explains his desire to incorporate the bright orange shade into the film's promotional materials.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
The old narratives sometimes shaded into moralizing parables, which could feel cheap and often false.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2025
Hair holds memory, I’m told, and here those memories shape and shade into being.
—Andrew Berardini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Similarly, Mengele’s twisted fixations are but details casually shaded into Serebrennikov’s sketch, appearing in isolated moments rather than existing as defining characteristics, baked into the character’s gaze.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025
But sometimes promotion shades into outright protectionism, and even economic warfare.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
By the ’90s, Clinique reformulated the shade into the Almost Lipstick format, designed for easier application.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2026
The new slats are more neatly contained within the central rectangular grille, transformed visually via alternating shades into a series of dashes.
—New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2025
In the video, widely circulated by studio A24 on social media, Chalamet explains his desire to incorporate the bright orange shade into the film's promotional materials.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
The old narratives sometimes shaded into moralizing parables, which could feel cheap and often false.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2025
Hair holds memory, I’m told, and here those memories shape and shade into being.
—Andrew Berardini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Similarly, Mengele’s twisted fixations are but details casually shaded into Serebrennikov’s sketch, appearing in isolated moments rather than existing as defining characteristics, baked into the character’s gaze.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025
But sometimes promotion shades into outright protectionism, and even economic warfare.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
By the ’90s, Clinique reformulated the shade into the Almost Lipstick format, designed for easier application.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Shade into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shade%20into. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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