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
After the 2023 marine heat wave, many corals bleached and later died.
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
His owner, Hannah Gleason from Oklahoma, told Newsweek that the merle gene isn’t a coloring gene rather than a gene that bleaches the fur and causes lack of pigmentation which can lead to birth defects, blindness, deafness, or sometimes all three.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Diesel also showed denim bleached from the inside out, creating an x-ray effect on the garment.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
The photo was too sun-bleached to discern much else, but there was an e-mail address and a WhatsApp number to contact if anyone found her.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
His owner, Hannah Gleason from Oklahoma, told Newsweek that the merle gene isn’t a coloring gene rather than a gene that bleaches the fur and causes lack of pigmentation which can lead to birth defects, blindness, deafness, or sometimes all three.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Diesel also showed denim bleached from the inside out, creating an x-ray effect on the garment.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
The photo was too sun-bleached to discern much else, but there was an e-mail address and a WhatsApp number to contact if anyone found her.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleach
Verb
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For one night, under cold rain and flickering red lights, the noise faded.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Once summer flowers fade and growth stops, start cleaning up the garden.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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During the run of this show, PowPAC will be accepting new, unwrapped toys that will be given to the Toys for Tots program to brighten the holidays for local children.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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There is something undeniably exciting about a brisk breeze and the sensation of leaves crunching under your feet, so embrace the colors of the season with a front door refresh to brighten up your comings and goings (and impress all of your holiday guests come November).—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Long-term, alcohol damages the brain by shrinking white and gray matter, dulling rewards, and overactivating the stress system.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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But that did little to dull the vitriol targeting the military’s top lawyer.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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His hair was long, the light of the laptop whitening his eyes.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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This number one-selling electric toothbrush is equipped with four cleansing modes to whiten and brighten your teeth over time, plus eight replacement heads for convenience.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Bleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleach. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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