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Recent Examples of untanned
Then the fingers at the ends of those long, thin, untanned arms would attack the keys with the furiously proficient ardor of a Rubinstein or a Rubirosa.
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Richard Corliss, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
With two employees and a vault filled with gold nuggets and untanned animal pelts, the bank would soon become an essential part of the state’s economic engine; a year later construction on the Alaska Railroad completed and people turned to First National for banking security.
—Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022
Papyrus scrolls were made of parchment, an untanned animal skin -- not paper.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020
Some of the scroll parchments are tanned (part of the Eastern tradition) and some are untanned (a Western tradition).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2019
Richard Corliss, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
With two employees and a vault filled with gold nuggets and untanned animal pelts, the bank would soon become an essential part of the state’s economic engine; a year later construction on the Alaska Railroad completed and people turned to First National for banking security.
—Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022
Papyrus scrolls were made of parchment, an untanned animal skin -- not paper.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020
Some of the scroll parchments are tanned (part of the Eastern tradition) and some are untanned (a Western tradition).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untanned
Adjective
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Boat shoes, collared shirt, sunburn, tan around sunglasses, pasty, red hair.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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Myers, the talent behind Wednesday’s roommate, Enid Sinclair, in the show, conversely, kept a pasty, pale visage, drawing attention to her deep plum lipstick.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Given shorter travel times, a greater number of people would be able to experience its otherworldly ashen plains.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
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In his post-game meeting with reporters, New York coach Tom Thibodeau looked ashen and was at loss for explaining what unfolded.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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These emaciated, ashy pyromaniacs are led by Varang (Oona Chaplin), giving Queen of the Damned body tea in her bloodred makeup and statement headpiece.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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But, according to Bremer, preventing your under eyes from looking ashy is an important step too.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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One moment, the Sound of Sleat is a sheet of silver under a pale sun; the next, wind drives rain sideways into the distillery’s courtyard, rattling the pagoda roof.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Curiosity and possibly even lust play into their first encounter; part of the welcome complexity between this pale-skinned woman of substance and this tall, equally alabaster, formerly dead drink of water is the ambiguity in their initial interactions.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During a visit in August with two Times reporters, Mr. Perez’s skin was sallow.—
Aimee Ortiz,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2023
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An awkward, sallow, provincial, minor army officer, Napoleon, was irresistibly drawn to Joséphine, attracted by her proximity to the most powerful men in France.—
Anne Higonnet,
Vogue,
17 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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As for the kolaches, the Thomas family puts their own spin on these doughy pastries that originally came over with Czech settlers in the 1800s.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Baked Bites are sweet, doughy bites made with real chocolate chips; a great alternative to soft cookies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Plus, the kid isn’t dead either, as his flailing pale self that looks on the verge of the cadaverous pops out of the trunk Jack shoves him in.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Sep. 2024
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Moreover, keeping the cadaverous Biden in the White House is a daily reminder to the American people of the feebleness and anemia of the Democratic Party, which taints Harris by association.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
23 July 2024
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“Untanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untanned. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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