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Recent Examples of grayness
The region’s oft-sung-about grayness turns neon, swirling together in a piercing hue of evergreen and dark blues.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grayness
Noun
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His gloominess seemed to make no sense.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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While most of the central bank’s policymakers still see inflation as a bigger threat than the jobs market — whose weakening may be more driven by slower immigration than corporate gloominess — there’s little consensus on the path forward, according to the September minutes released Wednesday.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Eliza Varadi, a pediatrician in South Carolina, told me that the murkiness around insurance coverage, coupled with lower demand, has prompted her practice to start ordering COVID vaccines just one box at a time—each a batch of 10 doses—to minimize the potential for loss.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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The vessel was operating in international waters but that added to the murkiness of the legal justification.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The haziness of the energy balance hides this brief imbalance, which allows the virtual particles to influence the real world.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The haziness around the objectives may make a further extension of the federal role more likely.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Specific city forecasts show variable cloudiness, with Cleveland and Akron expected to be the most overcast.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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If cleaning won't take away the cloudiness of your glassware, replace.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The challenge, of course, is their faintness.—
Adam Frank,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The faintness lasted only a minute.—
Robert Easton,
Outdoor Life,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To thank is peony root extract, which visibly improves dullness and uneven tone, and the powder’s color-correcting pigments.—
Deanna Pai,
Allure,
23 Oct. 2025
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These oil-serum hybrids are designed to target visible signs of aging, such as dullness, fine lines and fatigue, while establishing a holistic cycle of external protection and internal regulation.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Grayness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grayness. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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