tintype

noun

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as in daguerreotype

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Recent Examples of tintype Rounding out the lineup is their younger sister Daryl and her boyfriend, Joey—also in vintage-style tintype attire. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865. — Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025 Lifestyle Hauntingly beautiful tintype photos memorialize what was lost in Altadena April 30, 2025 Tell us about your outfit. — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tintype
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  1. daguerreotype
  2. sepia
  3. photograph
  4. photo
  5. monochrome
Noun
  • 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.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of daguerreotype
Noun
  • Clouds mixed with smoke from distant wildfires moved in after lunch, turning the light sepia.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • Some parts of the film are displayed in a light shade (similar to sepia, just multi-light colored).
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2026
Definition of sepia
Noun
  • Stadium Club sets are known for their utilization of exceptional photographs, and Joan Monfort’s work from 2007, intended for a charity calendar produced by FC Barcelona, UNICEF and newspaper Diario Sport, certainly fits that category.
    — Brooks Peck, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Before the game, to emphasize Messi’s longevity, a remarkable photograph circulated on social media, showing him, at the age of twenty, cradling Yamal, as a five-month-old baby, during a photoshoot in Barcelona, in 2007.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of photograph
Noun
  • At the entrance was a white table covered with keepsakes and ornamental photo frames.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • When Branch wiped her Instagram profile and began posting cryptic photos using lyrics from The Spirit Room, everyone freaked out.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Definition of photo
Noun
  • The monochrome desert of upturned soil is the material signature of Israel’s genocide.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Here, a guest keeps things sleek in a black vest and matching Bermuda shorts, leaning into a monochrome moment.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 15 July 2026
Definition of monochrome

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