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a sweet food made from cacao beans
She gave me a box of chocolates for my birthday.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Or emphasize the warmth with spicier shades such as terracotta and chocolate brown, desert tones, or variants of a classic nude.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2025
The textured, soft material adds rich dimension to earth tones like chocolate brown and tawny orange, a slightly more relaxed take on quiet luxury.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025
Screenshots from a July 18 TikTok video of a chocolate Labrador running away from the box of tennis balls her owner bought her.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Equally, many of the goods that Switzerland exports to the US, do not have competitors there (Swiss chocolate, watches and more importantly specialized industrial goods which are used by the likes of Boeing).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Or emphasize the warmth with spicier shades such as terracotta and chocolate brown, desert tones, or variants of a classic nude.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2025
The textured, soft material adds rich dimension to earth tones like chocolate brown and tawny orange, a slightly more relaxed take on quiet luxury.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025
Screenshots from a July 18 TikTok video of a chocolate Labrador running away from the box of tennis balls her owner bought her.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocolate
Noun
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There are restaurant workers who, rather than yelling at Souleymane or brushing him aside, offer him a smile, a coffee, a piece of candy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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In Texas, the ban will cover soda, energy drinks, candy, and prepared desserts, while in Louisiana, soft drinks, energy drinks, and candy will be banned.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Her mother sat on the living-room couch in a gray sweatshirt, holding a pink Stanley cup.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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The shots came from a gray Dodge Charger just before 7 a.m. Sheriff’s officials said a caller told dispatchers they were fired upon after yelling at the Dodge’s driver for throwing trash onto the roadway.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Polley and cinematographer Luc Montpellier shoot the story in a muted palette, not quite sepia but not quite color either, reflecting the limited world of its characters.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2023
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The harsh, desaturated look of Luc Montpellier’s cinematography — not quite black-and-white, not quite sepia — establishes an ambiance of persistent, disorienting unreality.—
Justin ChangFilm Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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The 17-mile loop road through Monument Valley is unpaved, rutted and sandy.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The teaser poster for Fallout Season 2 was published exclusively by IGN on Friday, which shows silhouettes of The Ghoul, Lucy, Maximus and the canine Dogmeat walking in the sandy, deserted environs of the former Las Vegas, now called New Vegas.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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From a base of curvaceous grayish green foliage, thick cylindrical stems grow up to three feet tall, sporting reddish-purple flowers.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
26 July 2025
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Another type of hyperpigmentation that kojic acid can help with is melasma—a stubborn and hard-to-treat skin condition characterized by splotchy, brown or grayish patches.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But, according to Bremer, preventing your under eyes from looking ashy is an important step too.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 July 2025
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The skin might also turn purple or blue in people with lighter skin tones or be gray or ashy in people with darker skin tones Vomiting or making gurgling noises.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Given shorter travel times, a greater number of people would be able to experience its otherworldly ashen plains.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
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Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocolate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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