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1
as in silver
of the color gray
the gray elephant and the gaudily dressed circus performer created a striking contrast
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2
as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
a gray rainy day
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also grey
as in to get along
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Recent Examples of gray
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
While there is lots of interest in divorce and remarriage with school-age children, graying stepfamilies have received much less attention.
—Naomi Cahn, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Aitchison is a 6-foot-1, 220-pound man with brown/gray hair and green eyes, police said.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2025
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Adjective
Other southern states, such as Louisiana and Texas, are also experiencing an increase in the number of graying renters.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
While there is lots of interest in divorce and remarriage with school-age children, graying stepfamilies have received much less attention.
—Naomi Cahn, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Verb
Sandman is a beautiful gray colt that inherited the good looks from his father.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Aitchison is a 6-foot-1, 220-pound man with brown/gray hair and green eyes, police said.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gray
Adjective
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Interested in bringing a hint of metallic into your living room, similar to how all the It-girls are donning silver sneakers as part of the latest footwear obsession?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
14 Aug. 2025
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The two men then fled from the scene in a black Hyundai Sonata and a third man was seen on surveillance footage following in a silver Ford Fusion, according to court documents.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Sydney Sweeney’s new dark crime comedy Americana is new in theaters this weekend.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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One look at his lone, dark face in his Brighton High class picture tells you.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Both sectors can get along just fine while still sporting their own colors, just as long as no one arrives outrageously themed to spur a reaction.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis got along splendidly on the set of Black Swan — despite director Darren Aronofsky's best efforts.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.—
Ellen Barry,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Feb. 2023
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Directed by Paul Schrader with a script by Bret Easton Ellis, this spiritually bleak L.A. drama features Lohan’s most daring performance, and probably the only one that manages to break completely with her childhood and adolescent roles.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The situation is bleak enough that, even if aid increases rapidly in the coming weeks, deaths from starvation are almost certain to rise.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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There’s children that freaking get on these horses and do competitions with cones and hurdles.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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All of this brings us to Lisa, who, of course, missed her plane from Miami to Seville and then had to get on another plane to London, then another plane to Madrid, and then a train from Madrid to Seville which, a cursory Google tells me, takes about three hours.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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From a base of curvaceous grayish green foliage, thick cylindrical stems grow up to three feet tall, sporting reddish-purple flowers.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
26 July 2025
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Another type of hyperpigmentation that kojic acid can help with is melasma—a stubborn and hard-to-treat skin condition characterized by splotchy, brown or grayish patches.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
4 Mar. 2025
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Hero Ellen Ripley’s (Sigourney Weaver) lonely fight for survival gave way to a military mission to vanquish aliens ravaging a human colony; Cameron filled the frame with cocky Marines, boxy space tanks, and an adorable orphan who finds in Ripley a surrogate mother.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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The movie Marty was based on Chayefsky’s television drama about two lonely people finding love.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Gray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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