: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
light-skinned
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Cameron said his goal in creating the series, its blue-skinned Na'vi heroes and their homeworld Pandora was to develop an imaginative, immersive universe for audiences.
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2025
Rob lifted its skinned rat gently.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 7 Dec. 2025
Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years.
—Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
On the other side of the screen door was a man in his twenties, fair-skinned, tall like my father, his face obscured by the cross-hatching of the metal.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2025
Rob lifted its skinned rat gently.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 7 Dec. 2025
Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years.
—Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
On the other side of the screen door was a man in his twenties, fair-skinned, tall like my father, his face obscured by the cross-hatching of the metal.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinned. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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skinned
adjective
: having skin especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-skinned
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