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
Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
The change comes as other brands like Kraft Heinz are making changes to remove artificial dyes from their products.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2025
And at the time, Blunt had actually dyed her hair for the role, as evidenced in photos taken of her in the year leading up to the film's 2006 release.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 29 July 2025
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Noun
Many other states now have pending legislation introduced this year to ban food dyes and additives—particularly in school settings to protect children from potential health risks.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
The change comes as other brands like Kraft Heinz are making changes to remove artificial dyes from their products.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Verb
In the opening vignette, Marga (Carmen Marchi), an heiress-slash-artist with hair dyed the color of egg yolks and a passion for riflery, learns her husband (Alberto San Juan) has impregnated their housekeeper, Tina (Claudia Salas).
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2025
And at the time, Blunt had actually dyed her hair for the role, as evidenced in photos taken of her in the year leading up to the film's 2006 release.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dye
Noun
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The foundation pigments and physical sunscreens providing SPF 15 protection.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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This isn't entirely unusual; in normal cases of people having a bad reaction to a tattoo, pigment has been known to migrate into lesions or lymph nodes.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
31 July 2025
Verb
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And the so the people who bought the houses had the option to keep them or paint them beige, and everyone painted them beige.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Their concern is Mamdani’s very presence in office, which would punctuate the party’s leftward turn in major cities and give ammunition to Republicans eager to paint them as outside the mainstream in the 2026 midterms.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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The new species was identified by its coloring, overall size, finger and toe shape, body proportions and other subtle physical features, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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But this early in the fire season, the coloring serves as an inescapable reminder of greenhouse gas emissions and the mobility solutions that might reduce or at least slightly mitigate the future of radical weather crises.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Block after block across metropolitan Milwaukee, piles of soaked carpets, waterlogged appliances and furniture stained beyond recognition now slump in front yards and along sidewalks.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The color is also anti-fade, and won’t stain, shrink, or wrinkle.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Aug. 2025
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People attend an event to unveil the colors for the 2026 Cadillac debut in Formula One racing, ahead of the 2025 Miami Formula One Grand Prix, in Miami Beach, Florida, on May 3, 2025.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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And the people who suffer first and most are the ones who always do — low-income families, immigrants, people of color, uninsured individuals, and those navigating systems that were not built for them in the first place.—
Tyler Evans,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Raw Elements offers a variety of mineral sunscreen options, including face and body cream, a tinted face cream, and tinted lip balms.—
Laurie Lyons-Makaimoku,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2025
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The Sani lab would cast the crowns out of white zirconia, a ceramic much harder than stainless steel, tint them to my specifications, and shape and size them to fit my jaw.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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UPFs are made from multiple ingredients including additives like colorants, flavor enhancers, and preservatives.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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One of the most popular alternatives for vibrant red colorants is cochineal extract or its lake, carmine.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Dye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dye. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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