pallor

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Recent Examples of pallor Outright racist commenters were also upset that Zegler, who has Colombian heritage, would be playing a character traditionally known for the pallor of her skin. Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025 Over the water the sky is glazed now with an Arctic pallor. Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025 This at a time when a sluggish box office and a lack of employment in onscreen entertainment has already given the business a sickly Nosferatu-like pallor. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025 The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog. René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pallor
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whiteness
Noun
  • In a world where whiteness and conventional beauty are tightly coupled with success, couldn't selecting for these features be a way to minimize a child's future suffering?
    Tania Fabo, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Critics have said the jeans campaign amounts to a dog whistle for eugenics and a glorification of whiteness.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Pallor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pallor. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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