grayness

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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. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • 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
  • But at a moment when many people are in a perpetual state of gloominess — courtesy of the news, social media doomscrolling or streaming/cable dramas that confuse lack of literal illumination with profundity — the pleasantly sunny escapism is difficult to resent.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The haziness around the objectives may make a further extension of the federal role more likely.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • If cleaning won't take away the cloudiness of your glassware, replace.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Mental cloudiness gives way to crystal clarity as the sun and Mercury align.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The challenge, of course, is their faintness.
    Adam Frank, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The faintness lasted only a minute.
    Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The formula pairs pure retinol with hyaluronic acid and glycerin to keep skin hydrated, soft, and comfortable while targeting fine lines, uneven texture, and dullness.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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