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verb

past tense of shade
as in protected
to shelter (something) from light and heat the trees shaded us quite nicely from the noonday sun

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Recent Examples of shaded
Adjective
These shaded nurseries are the perfect place for young saguaros to mature. John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Each of its 18, double-story villas has a private pool, a shaded courtyard, and a veranda that looks out across the waterways into the dense teak forest. Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025 In addition to yards of open grassy areas for Pickles and Franklin to roam freely, there is a pool, sauna, pickleball court, outdoor kitchen, and lots of shaded or umbrella-covered seating. Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025 On the shaded side of Rio Vista’s Main Street, where the road climbs away from the Sacramento River, sits Foster’s Bighorn, the bar and restaurant that has occupied this spot for 90 years. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location. Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025 Tillinghast’s sprawling fairway bunkers on the right and left dominate the center of the canvas, while the large putting surface at the top balances with shaded tee boxes, geometric shapes, and the iconic Bethpage Black sign at the bottom. Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 That includes fire-resistant construction, geothermal systems, advanced energy storage, shaded walkways, and recycled water to support the gardens while reducing environmental impact. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2025 The shaded area indicates a recession. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
So that definitely, at least for a time, shaded a little bit of the production. Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025 Pasted to the walls were maps of Europe and Africa, each of the countries shaded a different color. David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 The area is about 28 miles northwest of Santa Monica on Pacific Coast Highway and is available to use for day visits and overnight camping (which also happens to be shaded by giant sycamore trees). Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025 The project features an all-electric design with rooftop solar panels, energy-efficient appliances, and green infrastructure such as drought-tolerant landscaping, community gardens, shaded outdoor areas and advanced cooling systems aimed at reducing urban heat impacts and improving air quality. Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025 Green tea differs from matcha in that the tea bushes are typically grown in full sun and aren’t shaded before harvest. Jillian Kubala, Health, 19 Oct. 2025 Starr’s first two studio albums were Sentimental Journey, a 1970 collection drawn from the Great American Songbook, and Beaucoups of Blues, a 1970 country- and folk-shaded album recorded in Nashville. Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025 Rent a kayak or canoe and paddle down the Connecticut River shaded by a generous canopy of seasonal vegetation. Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025 The original owners hired Bahamian architect Anthony Jervis to give the home its British Colonial features, which are shaded by lush greenery that’s grown for 25 years. Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaded
Adjective
  • At the time, many bettors turned to social media to say that something shady occurred regarding prop bets involving his stats for that night.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Plants bloom well in shady locations and fill the late-summer gap with narrow, upright panicles packed with white or pink blooms.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Castelion claims that its mission is rooted in the belief that freedom must be actively protected – through technological strength, strategic clarity, and national resolve.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now the wetlands, woods, wildflower meadows and river views, which are managed and protected by River Fields conservancy, are open for the public to enjoy from dawn to dusk.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Louvre has long been shadowed by a history of audacious thefts and near-misses.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The tiered space, again shadowed a deep indigo by the lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, recalls a ship’s hold, or maybe an operating theatre at twilight.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The living room walls in Paulsen’s home are covered in framed photos of Kelly and their kids.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Smart-casual works almost everywhere, but dress modestly (elbows, knees covered) in heritage spots.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Alice Cooper discovered his love of entertaining in the Cortez High School cafetorium, returning to the Valley in the ’80s after finding fame and fortune as the rock star most likely to inspire sleepless nights for sheltered parents of Boomers Gone Wild.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • These can be low-lying areas in your yard, such as slopes or valleys, that are colder than higher or sheltered areas, such as at the top of a hill or near a brick retaining wall.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Shaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaded. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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