as in to fade
to make white or whiter by removing color
bleached the stained shirt back to its original white
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Recent Examples of bleach
Exactly these few curbless, bleached, and crumbly asphalt streets that curl back on themselves or run on out into the prairie.
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David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Pothos plants are highly resilient, but the strong sunlight of a greenhouse can bleach or burn their foliage.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
The inspectors bleached the food inside the cooler, their report stated.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Be aware that whitening toothpaste might bleach anything with dye, so be especially cautious.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
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David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Pothos plants are highly resilient, but the strong sunlight of a greenhouse can bleach or burn their foliage.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
The inspectors bleached the food inside the cooler, their report stated.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Be aware that whitening toothpaste might bleach anything with dye, so be especially cautious.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleach
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The notion of grief gradually fades into the backdrop, finally re-emerging in a manner that is, thanks to the film’s lumpy tonal mixture, more confusing than emotionally cleansing.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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But even a full-bodied brass section and some formidable multi-part harmonies can’t stop the song from fading into a 18-track lineup of anemic lounge-funk flips with near-uniform tempos.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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Alongside the new Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Foundation, makeup artist Melissa Hernandez used the brand’s Luminous Silk Hydrating and Brightening Concealer, which boasts a creamy, radiant formula to brighten and smooth dark circles and blemishes.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
21 Jan. 2026
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Your 5th House of Ideation brightens as the radiant Sun meets information-gathering Mercury, encouraging playful expression and compliments.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2026
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The bad news: Non-decolorized, whole-leaf aloe extract contains aloin, a chemical that has been shown to cause cancer in rats when ingested.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
21 May 2018
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But the pace of change brought about by AI threatens to dull these capabilities, just when they are needed most.—
Bob Sternfels,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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As long as the economy stays strong, businesses and policymakers will respond with incremental changes that dull the pain but fail to address the cause.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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One of the presoak methods is more effective in whitening dingy socks.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
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According to Hill, good old-fashioned sunlight naturally kills bacteria, refreshes items, and whitens fabrics.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Bleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleach. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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