variants
or ochreous
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ocherous
Adjective
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As a native to prairies, meadows, and open woods, this garden favorite cannot tolerate having 'wet feet' and requires the optimal drainage sandy soil provides.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
16 Apr. 2026 -
Soil Plant seed potatoes in well-draining, sandy, acidic soil that’s loose and deep enough for the potatoes to grow without resistance.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some said the commercial, with a conventionally attractive, white, thin, blonde woman with blue eyes at its center, was upholding Sweeney as the beauty standard.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Amy Hillyard is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs about 120 pounds and has blonde hair, with hazel eyes.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Her makeup, meanwhile, consisted of tawny eyeshadow, and a matte pink-nude lip.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
8 Apr. 2026
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This whiskey was distilled in 2017, aged in new charred oak, and then finished in a combination of casks—tawny port, white port, Oloroso sherry, and ruby port—and bottled at 113 proof.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Wilkins made no secret of his own golden ambitions.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Little Debbie says the chocolate chip cookie features a light golden-brown finish and semi-sweet chocolate chips, while the peanut butter cookie is formulated with real peanut butter.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Bedding should be straw or similar material (avoid blankets or towels that can freeze).—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Their delicious 2021 Viognier is straw colored in the glass with aromas of white flowers, white peach, and dried apricot with flavors of yellow peach, jasmine flower, and cantaloupe melon.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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And yet, about four years ago, images of myself with flaxen hair started to wheedle their way into my brain and park there.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
4 Apr. 2025
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Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Anderson has been transitioning back to blonde in recent months, stepping out with a more subtle strawberry blonde shade back in October.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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In that original viral campaign launch video, a bearded Platner, his strawberry blonde hair tousled, introduced Maine voters to the issues central to his platform, namely, broad economic populism, taxing billionaires, and universal healthcare.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Ocherous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ocherous. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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