as in to paint
to give color or a different color to
dyed her hair a startling red
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Recent Examples of dye
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Means is also an advocate for doing away with food dyes.
—Andrea Ruth, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
Related vertical video Fountain dyed ‘blood red’ as activists demand Gaza ceasefire
A two-month ceasefire in Gaza that began in late January collapsed on March 18 as Israel renewed its bombardment.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Noun
Use the dye: Prepare the dye by following your kit’s instructions, and use an applicator to add color.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Means is also an advocate for doing away with food dyes.
—Andrea Ruth, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Verb
Many of these applications were presented at Denim Première Vision including wool denim blends dyed with natural indigo and others printed by flowers.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
Related vertical video Fountain dyed ‘blood red’ as activists demand Gaza ceasefire
A two-month ceasefire in Gaza that began in late January collapsed on March 18 as Israel renewed its bombardment.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dye
Noun
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Her line shines especially in color—from her Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder (the shade matches here are insane) to the Colorfix multipurpose pigments, there's something for everyone.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
19 June 2025
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Watercolor paper is a special kind of paper made to absorb water and pigment without buckling or tearing apart.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
Verb
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Across Florida and throughout the United States, a dangerous narrative is gaining ground, one that paints immigrants as threats, strangers and scapegoats for every social and economic ill.—
Maria Revelles,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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The list, which was introduced in 2020, blends both sales and streaming data to paint a picture of what humanity is listening to.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Gramm and Boudreaux brought harsh coloring to what was merely imagined.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Some geckos have higher contrast in their coloring, while others appear more faded.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
Verb
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The team that would replace us would be stained, football would be stained.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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As both business owner and head baker — her black chef’s coat is usually powdered with flour, her hands stained with icing — Vee won’t have time this June to participate in the Chicago Pride Parade.—
Sophie Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
Noun
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But every early cathode-ray tube color television owed its screen’s red hue to europium, a rare earth element excavated and processed exclusively at the Mountain Pass Mine in San Bernardino County.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 June 2025
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While white students thrive, graduation rates, college matriculation, and standardized test scores for students of color are among the nation’s worst.—
David Schultz,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
Verb
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Quinn took things further: What about tinting the rice with turmeric (instead of the traditional saffron) and stuffing it with dal or a chickpea curry for an Indian-style take?—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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The active ingredient that tints your skin, DHA, is available in all of the aforementioned formulas, but for beginners, mousses and mists are your best bet.—
Claire Sullivan,
Footwear News,
21 June 2025
Noun
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And if a person later has an MRI, swelling and burning of the eye can occur if the machine’s powerful magnetic field interacts with trace colorant metals in the new pigment.—
Saima S. Iqbal,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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What makes these products incredibly healthy are the food additives, preservatives, and colorants added during multiple stages of processing.—
Anuradha Varanasi,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Dye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dye. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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