as in to paint
to give color or a different color to
dyed her hair a startling red
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Recent Examples of dye
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Related article Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
The show’s timing paid off — not to mention the star’s willingness to dye his hair oil-black for his Broadway debut.
—Scott Heller, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Noun
West Virginia is taking soda out of food stamp programs and outlawing chemical dyes.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Related article Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Verb
Each unsuccessful vote will be burned in a furnace with chemicals to dye the plume a black color.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
The show’s timing paid off — not to mention the star’s willingness to dye his hair oil-black for his Broadway debut.
—Scott Heller, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dye
Noun
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Using non-sterile water to dilute the pigments (ingredients that add color) is a common culprit, although not the only one.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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How to create the illusion of dilation by carefully layering light and dark pigment.—
Gregory Barber Sasha Arutyunova,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Verb
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In addition to the federal case, Combs faces a torrent of civil suits that paint the one-time hip-hop kingmaker as a longtime abuser.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The book painted the Ninth Circuit as a hotbed of corruption, but as Peffer’s 2024 campaign was taking shape, there was no indication that the book Peffer promoted had any impact in that judicial circuit.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Boil down the water with sugar, pectin, and food coloring, according to your favorite jelly recipe.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
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Morton similarly suggests getting creative with an art therapy kit or coloring book.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Verb
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Water can stain or fade many silk fabrics, leaving a permanent mark if it isn't taken care of quickly.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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Tuesday’s attack – during which men were singled out and gunned down from close range, according to survivors’ testimony – was the latest in a list of bloody incidents to stain the region.—
Aishwarya S Iyer,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Such are the joys of instant replays, where definitive is a warm gray color.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2025
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That number increases to 74% among parents of color.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Stain pens for tinting small blemishes to match the existing wood finish.—
Clark Hodgin,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Black-and-white documentary footage, sometimes tinted with red, plays as the earlier shapes flash over it, at times calling to mind a vision test.—
Stephanie Rudig,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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It is already widely used as a blue food colorant in Asia, but it is not yet authorized in the U.S.9 Butterfly pea flower extract.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Dye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dye. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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