as in makeups
preparations intended to beautify the face
when I was young, I loved to watch Mom put on her war paint before a fancy evening out
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Advertisement As a result, Little Rock public schools had vastly uneven racial makeups from building to building.—
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4 Sep. 2025 -
Shanahan, who doesn’t spend a lot of time analyzing the physical and mental makeups of place kickers or their mechanics, had little to offer Moody.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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But a comprehensive review of research on autistic adults over the age of 40 paints a very different picture, showing that autism spans older generations, with as many as 90% of cases going undiagnosed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Sep. 2025
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This was long before strict federal regulations on toxic substances, when lead paints were frequently used to decorate items like furniture, ceramics and even toys.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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“War paints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/war%20paints. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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