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Recent Examples of black-and-white
This tumbler’s design pays homage to the original Barbie doll, manufactured in 1959 and wearing a black-and-white vintage chevron swimsuit.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Markus Schleinzer’s black-and-white period critical hit had its world premiere in competition at the Berlinale and won Hüller the festival’s Silver Bear for best leading performance.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Haagy explained it in a 1959 black-and-white educational film that hadn’t been viewed in decades.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Indoors, black-and-white floors, columns and chandeliers set a theatrical tone for a dinner menu that travels beyond Italy, weaving in flavours from North Africa and the Middle East.
—Vicki Power, TheWeek, 23 Mar. 2026
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Markus Schleinzer’s black-and-white period critical hit had its world premiere in competition at the Berlinale and won Hüller the festival’s Silver Bear for best leading performance.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Haagy explained it in a 1959 black-and-white educational film that hadn’t been viewed in decades.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Indoors, black-and-white floors, columns and chandeliers set a theatrical tone for a dinner menu that travels beyond Italy, weaving in flavours from North Africa and the Middle East.
—Vicki Power, TheWeek, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black-and-white
Adjective
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The law gives immigration judges significant discretion to suspend public access to court proceedings — they are required to close hearings in matters involving spousal abuse and minor children, for example, unless there’s explicit direction from the affected people to do otherwise.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The United States and Israel have pursued a high-stakes geopolitical objective in Iran with the explicit aim of reshaping regional power balances, but the unintended consequence may be an equally profound reshaping of financial market regimes.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The question of its constitutionality is not clear-cut.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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But the case might not be all that clear-cut.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Depending on the light, the surface seems to shift, at times appearing almost luminous, at others dissolving into shadow.—
Olga Garcia-Mayoral,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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The northern lights are a luminous glow seen around the magnetic poles of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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When the choice is between the CPM and something other than the CUT method or a CUT-like unspecified method, the bright-line comparability requirements imposed by reg.—
Ryan Finley,
Forbes.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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There is no bright-line definition for hardship—it’s determined by the employer under the terms of the retirement plan and based on facts and circumstances.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The point of dropping bombs in Cuba, then, wouldn’t be to subdue the Cuban armed forces so much as to produce a visible, unmistakable rupture—a before and after that Trump can point to.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The message to investors is unmistakable.—
Jeff Coller,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Qalibaf, in his statements issued via social media, has been unambiguous in declaring that those reports are entirely false.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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What does work is clear, unambiguous identification of who the agent is that Zillow is referring the consumer to.—
New York Daily News,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
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This is plain weaponization of the FBI for partisan political purposes.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Great effort has been made to transform what is ordinarily a plain, beige room into a festive space.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Food and drink Like everything else at The Rooster, the food has a distinct sense of place but also a cosmopolitan sensibility.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the stone piece was believed to be some kind of board game – but obviously no rulebook was dug up to confirm this.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Black-and-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black-and-white. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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