as in monochrome
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Recent Examples of sepia
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Set in sepia tones, the image will underlay a smaller and older stamp of a bison in a nod to philatelists.
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Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Brion O’Connor,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2019
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Noun
Jessica Winward’s lighting helps define the different periods — with sepia tones creeping into the past and brighter colors for modern day.
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Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Set in sepia tones, the image will underlay a smaller and older stamp of a bison in a nod to philatelists.
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Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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.
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Brion O’Connor,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
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The look embodied dark punk sensibility, with a monochrome black color scheme, leathery gloves and strapless, structured bodice, among other details.
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The monochrome suede upper gives them an expensive feel, while the antibacterial top cloth helps keep sweaty summer feet a little fresher—an underrated bonus.
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And even better, since Galveston is a popular Texas beach town with 32 miles of sandy shores.
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The shore now alternated between open sandy or rocky beaches and jumbled boulders ranging from a foot to many feet in diameter.
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Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
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First observed on Aug 19, 1991, the day commemorates the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed in 1837.
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Just Born produces roughly 2 billion Peeps per year, making the marshmallow chick America’s bestselling non-chocolate Easter candy for over two decades.
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Peeps have held the title of most popular non-chocolate Easter candy for more than 20 years.
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The actress, who marked the milestone on Tuesday, June 23, shared a photo and video from her festivities on Instagram.
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Thomas showed photos to CBS News Chicago Investigators of blood left behind from the gash to the back of his head, and scrapes and bruises to his face.
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Chalk because their one food grows on chalky soil.
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Chalky Light Pink Similarly, Saab cautions against chalky light pink paint.
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The indictment included photographs of Zhu and Frank Carone socializing at Zhu's Long Island home in June 2022, a time when the indictment said Zhu and Chen's efforts to secure an Emergency Shelter Contract through other means were stalling.
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The mosaic is composed of nine photographs, each covering an area of the sky larger than the Moon.
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Always, always those little ashen faces.
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Hitchcock didn’t respond, his face slowly turning ashen.
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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