as in monochrome
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Recent Examples of sepia
Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Two Pianos begins in the thick of night, saturated in the sepia shadows of the Vieux Lyon quarter’s historic architecture and cobblestone streets, and moves gradually toward a crisp autumn light.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
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Noun
The costume designer didn’t want everything to be brown and sepia as seen in old fashioned period dramas.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Two Pianos begins in the thick of night, saturated in the sepia shadows of the Vieux Lyon quarter’s historic architecture and cobblestone streets, and moves gradually toward a crisp autumn light.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Cyclists have always adapted to a variety of terrain, as those old, sepia-tone photographs of the Tour de France from the early 1900s will attest.
—Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
Noun
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Around them is a vast monochrome expanse as far as the eye can see.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Kris practically invented dressing in monochrome.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Animals have inspired many of the mom’s Halloween costumes over the years, like when the Good American founder and True wore matching gray kitty unitards to match their actual pet cat in 2022.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Several buyers have mentioned buying more than one color of these comfy pants, which are available in heather gray, black, heather navy, and heather green.—
Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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First observed on Aug 19, 1991, the day commemorates the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed in 1837.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
30 July 2025
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And the massive collection of photographic plates the Harvard Computers used in their work began with a July 17, 1850 daguerreotype of the star Vega.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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The 46-year-old migrant stood on the sandy beach in flip-flops one morning watching a boat packed with other migrants leave without him.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Firefighters who rescued a dog that tumbled 40 feet off a sandy cliff over the ocean onto a ledge received plenty of rewards, California officials and news outlets reported.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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The photo itself has to speak, has to have aura and energy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Non-chocolate candy has also seen price increases.—
Melinda Yao,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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Non-chocolate candy is taking the lead this Halloween, with gummies and other colorful sweets outselling chocolate treats, according to new data from market research firm Circana.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 2006, researchers at Newcastle University found, in a study that became famous, that people were more likely to put money in an honesty box to pay for their coffee or tea when photographs of eyes were posted above the box.—
L. Carol Ritchie,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Paintings by Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, and Philip Taaffe adorn the walls, along with Richard Caldicott’s striking photographs of Tupperware.—
Mekita Rivas,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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How To Remove Hard-Water Stains Shower doors often develop chalky, white, hard-water stains from droplets of water drying on the glass.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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Miner said that without additives, the taste can be slightly chalky.—
Mira Miller,
Verywell Health,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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