: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
light-skinned
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Somewhere in the middle of this Los Angeles neo-noir, Colin Farrell’s quiet, well-dressed, cinema-loving private eye was revealed to be a blue-skinned alien — then the show just kept going, missing-persons mystery intact.
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Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
The plague victims likely hunted, skinned and butchered marmots for their meat and fur, which would have exposed members of the community to the bacteria, Macleod said.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned living fossil is the only surviving representative of a family lineage that dates back nearly 125 million years.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
Just get over it, red-haired, pasty Kathy Griffin, with light-skinned, red-haired Karen Bass.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
The plague victims likely hunted, skinned and butchered marmots for their meat and fur, which would have exposed members of the community to the bacteria, Macleod said.
—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned living fossil is the only surviving representative of a family lineage that dates back nearly 125 million years.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
Just get over it, red-haired, pasty Kathy Griffin, with light-skinned, red-haired Karen Bass.
—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for skinned
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“Skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinned. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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skinned
adjective
: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
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