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Recent Examples of charcoal
One concession stand features a grill where workers heat hot dogs over a fire, and the smoke stains clothes with a hint of charcoal.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The Annie in suede is very classic, but the new distressed charcoal color is a bit more fresh.
—Victoria Montalti, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
Chocolate brown stripes punctuate a light charcoal gray background, and the low-pile weave made from recycled polyester gives it an impermeable, easy-to-clean surface.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Snag this fall fashion essential in four autumnal colors today, such as tan, brown, charcoal, and heather gray.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The Annie in suede is very classic, but the new distressed charcoal color is a bit more fresh.
—Victoria Montalti, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
Chocolate brown stripes punctuate a light charcoal gray background, and the low-pile weave made from recycled polyester gives it an impermeable, easy-to-clean surface.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Snag this fall fashion essential in four autumnal colors today, such as tan, brown, charcoal, and heather gray.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for charcoal
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In her TikTok video, Campbell threw in a crossword book, camera, watercolor set, paper planner, and knitting supplies.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Oct. 2025
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But the pink watercolor version is on sale for Prime Day and would pair well with nude heels.—
Ivy Odom,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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Pick a shade with less of the pastel Ely mentioned, instead opting for one that is deeper in tone and/or has a touch more warmth.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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Previously, fans could score bags in navy, yellow, red and green or pastel shades of pink, blue, green and purple.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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The best-known is folk icon La Calavera Catrina, a zinc etching of a smiling skeleton wearing an oversize hat topped with features and flowers, created by José Guadalupe Posada in the early 1900s.—
Sarah Buder,
AFAR Media,
8 Oct. 2025
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According to Stein, the acid can eat away at the stone’s finish and cause dull spots or etching.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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Overall, the ComMarker Omni X is one slick beast of a UV laser engraver for professionals that run trophy or custom engraving shops down to the regular ol' Joe Schmoe who's got a few bucks to spare ($4,599 of them, to be specific) and really likes to laser-engrave things.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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At this time little is known about Jahn’s beliefs or potential motivations, beyond the bullet engraving.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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In Loewe’s flagship store, in Madrid, a colorful abstract aquatint by Howard Hodgkin, more than twenty feet in length, hangs opposite the main entrance.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The aquatints are presumed to be from an original Bodmer collection.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2024
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The works are quite simple in form, monochromatic line drawings that are sparse and assertive.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
25 Aug. 2025
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From the 1933 line drawing of the goddess Fortuna lovingly cradling the globe to the Bauhaus starkness of Walter Allner’s 1957 depiction of global trade to the Rubik’s Cube–like metal globe on the 2015 cover announcing our first Change the World list, Luce’s humane internationalism lives on.—
Indrani Sen,
Fortune,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Charcoal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charcoal. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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