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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 tinged
Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
It’s tinged with so many other feelings, like disappointment and shock and heartbreak.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Skies that had been tinged with the look of dark fog over some hillsides and a general haze since Saturday had given way to air that was moderately healthy throughout the region and good in northern part of the region.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Three from John Hughes Two venues are featuring the work of John Hughes this week, bringing the spotlight back to the writer-director-producer whose work was always tinged by nostalgia even when it was newly released.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Back in the 1990s, the California-as-disaster-epic narrative was tinged with some gloating — a comeuppance for a star-making destination that for decades was America’s post-war wonderland.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
The Vikings came up short against the Detroit Lions, and their first loss of the season is tinged with a fair amount of regret.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
One of Sando’s favorite recipes is a chickpea tagine tinged with cinnamon, saffron, fresh ginger and preserved lemon and studded with Kalamata olives.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
The milk from Iwase Farm, in Sunagawa, is now also making the journey to Indigo Cow’s new shop in Echo Park, where the soft serve can also come tinged with matcha and topped with mochi balls, warm roasted sweet potatoes, roasted soybean powder, brown-sugar syrup and more.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Verb
And like many Simpsons episodes, this one has great fun observing the populace falling for a grandiose hard-sell, this one tinged with subliminal mind-control techniques.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
It’s tinged with so many other feelings, like disappointment and shock and heartbreak.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Skies that had been tinged with the look of dark fog over some hillsides and a general haze since Saturday had given way to air that was moderately healthy throughout the region and good in northern part of the region.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Three from John Hughes Two venues are featuring the work of John Hughes this week, bringing the spotlight back to the writer-director-producer whose work was always tinged by nostalgia even when it was newly released.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Back in the 1990s, the California-as-disaster-epic narrative was tinged with some gloating — a comeuppance for a star-making destination that for decades was America’s post-war wonderland.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
The Vikings came up short against the Detroit Lions, and their first loss of the season is tinged with a fair amount of regret.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
One of Sando’s favorite recipes is a chickpea tagine tinged with cinnamon, saffron, fresh ginger and preserved lemon and studded with Kalamata olives.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
The milk from Iwase Farm, in Sunagawa, is now also making the journey to Indigo Cow’s new shop in Echo Park, where the soft serve can also come tinged with matcha and topped with mochi balls, warm roasted sweet potatoes, roasted soybean powder, brown-sugar syrup and more.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinged
Verb
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Many young men, rightly or wrongly, feel like they too are being painted with a broad brush.—
Donie O'Sullivan,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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The brick back wall is painted blue.—
Jeffrey Seller,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some varieties sport silver-green leaves while others produce vibrant multi-hued foliage in purple, creamy white, and gray-green hues.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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Brightly hued paints and embellishments would have created the illusion that statues were alive—and scents would have added to that illusion, Brøns tells All That’s Interesting’s Kaleena Fraga.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Phoenix Raceway bag policy Phoenix Raceway's bag policy allows bags that are fully clear or colored clear plastic, vinyl or mesh.—
Ed Masley,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Dec. 2024
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Numbers and colored contours on a map are not sufficient and really never have been.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes,
19 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Hollis brightened the beige-on-beige hallway entrance to her apartment by hanging a wreath of flowers on her brown door.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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Hotter and brighter than the sun The OGLE data revealed several objects in the LMC and SMC that brightened by between 10 and 20 times over the course of a few months.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Tinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinged. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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