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as in faded
lacking intensity of color
we chose a very pale pink for the walls of the room
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as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
after a week with the flu, she was deathly pale and noticeably thinner
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
a pale outline off in the distance proved to be someone out for a walk
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as in to bleach
to make white or whiter by removing color
the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt
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Recent Examples of pale
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Washington has reached for Brandon Maxwell in the past, wearing a pale pink slip dress to the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in March, for example.
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Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
The hoopla surrounding Clark’s win paled in comparison to how the Rookie of the Year the following season chose to celebrate her moment.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
This strapless pale pink Armani Privé gown shows just how much Queen Bey has refined her style over the years.
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Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Adjective
The King's niece Zara sported a buttercream ensemble— similar to Kate Middleton's sunshine yellow attire the day prior — while Queen Camilla wore pale lime with a matching hat.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Washington has reached for Brandon Maxwell in the past, wearing a pale pink slip dress to the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in March, for example.
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Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
Verb
Past efforts at protecting the Declaration paled in comparison to the full power of modern science brought to bear for the first time to preserve the timeworn parchment.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
The hoopla surrounding Clark’s win paled in comparison to how the Rookie of the Year the following season chose to celebrate her moment.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
Noun
Eddie looked real pale in that elevator!
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Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
This strapless pale pink Armani Privé gown shows just how much Queen Bey has refined her style over the years.
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Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pale
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Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film tracks a faded first-generation K-pop co-ed dance trio making a reckless attempt to stage a comeback two decades after a plagiarism scandal dissolved their careers.
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The one difference was a new layer of red bricks over the faded previous layer.
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Opponents of the proposal want the county to consider different locations for the park site, arguing the project may harm a variety of native species to the area, including the western spadefoot toad and pallid bats.
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While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.
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Critics say Burnham’s politics are vague and fail to grapple with tough issues, such as where the money will come from to pay for his pledges.
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The truth is that the entire premise of the Cybercab rests on the promise of true autonomous operation, and that's the part that remains frustratingly vague.
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Ortega can be seen leaving her Wednesday-era long jet-black hair and bleached eyebrows behind.
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Too much sunlight, normally only a problem in areas with extremely hot climates, may cause plants to bleach out and look pale, which may be mistaken for yellowing.
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IsoHemp’s blocks, made out of hemp and lime binders, can be integrated into load-bearing structures, and are suitable for both interior and exterior walls.
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In the second inning, the Giants’ Matt Chapman hit a liner off the left-field wall to bring home Willy Adames and give San Francisco a 2-0 lead.
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Using energy generated by the motors to reverse eliminates the need for a reverse gear, making transmissions lighter, less expensive and less complex.
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This piece helps any ensemble look more polished and is great for layering under oversized linen shirts or light sweaters on cooler days.
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Single dishes tend to be more sensitive and able to pick up faint radio waves from deeper in the cosmos, but radio arrays with many dishes tend to capture much sharper images.
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However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.
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Just faded to a dark backdrop of the forgotten.
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After Flowering As soon as the blooms fade, cut the flower stalk at the stalk base on an angle using sharp pruners, says Eric Nieusma, co-owner of Maine Hill Farm.
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“Pale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pale. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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