as in shade
a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished
there's a bluish tinge to your lips—you must be freezing!
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as in to tint
to give color or a different color to
just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look
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Recent Examples of tinge
Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026
Intentional or not, the episode and the ensuing controversy take on the tinge of rage bait, of bears profitably poked.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
On a recent fall trip, magenta beautyberries dotted the curvy road and amber and gold tinged the towering sweetgums.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Some red light does indirectly reach it after passing through Earth’s atmosphere; this is what gives our lunar neighbor that surreal saffron tinge.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026
Intentional or not, the episode and the ensuing controversy take on the tinge of rage bait, of bears profitably poked.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
Kuzum plays a different shade of escalating exasperation, one tinged with danger.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
On a recent fall trip, magenta beautyberries dotted the curvy road and amber and gold tinged the towering sweetgums.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinge
Noun
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Lucchese had American alligator cowboy boots in a shade called black cherry for sale for $17,000.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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The couple made their entrance — arm in arm — with Sonenshein in a tea-length, corseted gown and Vahle in a bespoke suit the shade of a Liguria olive.—
Kit Warchol,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For example, Miles Teller’s eyebrows, inexplicably tinted and placed.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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For example, Miles Teller’s eyebrows, inexplicably tinted and placed.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Keep your tone steady, and let flexibility sharpen your next move forward with confidence and clear intention.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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So heavy, in fact, that the Magic crumbled underneath the weight and the tone of the series has changed, and the reasons are impossible to ignore.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
Verb
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During their testimonies, Prasad and Patlola painted very different pictures of the terms of their lease agreement.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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For Labour leader and current Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the heavy losses on city councils across England, even with votes still being counted in Scotland and Wales, paint a bruising picture.—
Inaya Folarin Iman,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her décolletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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The artist worked with approximately 30 base colors, expanded through custom mixing, across roughly 40 hours of painting time, followed by approximately four days of drying with ventilation.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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On TikTok, short videos often show people traveling to Turkey to fix their uneven or stained teeth and transform their smiles.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Customize it by painting the wood a fun color or staining it for a rustic look.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
28 Apr. 2026
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Enjoy the mixture of black, blue and yellow hues on the male.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The shampoo uses highly concentrated violet pigments (which give it that signature purple hue) to neutralize yellow tones on contact.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Two parrots from a Balmoral Beach community and two from a Clifton Gardens community were trained –– after being initially very averse –– to eat almonds that were artificially dyed either blue or red, respectively.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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All sizes are dyed without the use of harmful chemicals and are easy to machine wash and dry on a low setting.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Tinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinge. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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