as in to bleach
to make white or whiter by removing color
a good washing with bleach should blanch these yellowed sheets
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Recent Examples of blanch
Vegetables Raw veggies should always be blanched before freezing.
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
These rashes tend to blanch—meaning turn white—when pressed.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Maybe longtime fans blanched at collaborations with artists like The Chainsmokers, BTS and Avicii — but those songs were effective, and produced three more top 10 hits for the band, at a time when most rock quartets were not coming close to the Hot 100’s upper reaches.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024
When using frozen, blanch them for 1 minute instead of 4 (because they’ve already been blanched prior to freezing).
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for blanch
Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
These rashes tend to blanch—meaning turn white—when pressed.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Maybe longtime fans blanched at collaborations with artists like The Chainsmokers, BTS and Avicii — but those songs were effective, and produced three more top 10 hits for the band, at a time when most rock quartets were not coming close to the Hot 100’s upper reaches.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024
When using frozen, blanch them for 1 minute instead of 4 (because they’ve already been blanched prior to freezing).
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for blanch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanch
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The mohawk itself appeared to be bleached dirty blonde.—
Lawrence Yee,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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After what feels like years of obsessing over eyebrow trends (skinny, perfectly bushy, bleached) to treatments like lamination and microblading, learning to love the unruly swirls that appear in our brows just feels right.—
Dulce Moncada,
Glamour,
7 Apr. 2025
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First, there was a drip-drip-drip of crisis: as costs everywhere rose, city, state, and federal monies faded away once COVID-era bailout efforts came to an end.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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But when a new Supreme rises, the old one fades away.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Apr. 2025
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Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus Hair Dryer and Styler Best Amazon Skincare Deals Restock your skincare collection while this popular neck cream, brightening micellar water, and more favorites are marked down.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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On annual planting days, the garden club ladies brought plants into the city and joined residents in planting and installing window boxes to brighten up their neighborhood blocks.—
Sonja Dümpelmann,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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In This Story: Do any teeth whitening kits actually work? Are the best teeth whitening kits safe to use?—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
13 Apr. 2025
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Getting a professional whitening treatment in a dentist's office is the ultimate teeth whitening alternative.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Blanch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanch. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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