as in makeup
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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Recent Examples of war paint
Since launching back in 2019, Storyteller has become a master of Sprinter 144 AWD camper vans, installing everything from beastly off-road packages, to stealthy war paint, to Swiss Army-grade interior versatility.
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New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
Their textured human faces, complete with war paint and a five-o’-clock shadow, were mercilessly rendered into a few similarly shaded squares.
—Yussef Cole, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
This is my war paint.
—Kelly Boutsalis, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
My father used to call it war paint.
—Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2021
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New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
Their textured human faces, complete with war paint and a five-o’-clock shadow, were mercilessly rendered into a few similarly shaded squares.
—Yussef Cole, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
This is my war paint.
—Kelly Boutsalis, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
My father used to call it war paint.
—Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for war paint
Noun
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And this easy-to-apply, pore-erasing complexion stick is the product no-makeup makeup girls are going to want in their beauty bag.—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
16 June 2026
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Each silhouette is thoughtfully designed with unique features tailored to beauty and travel needs like separate packing compartments to keep products organized, palette storage for makeup, brush holders to protect bristles, travel mirrors, and removable pouches that double as chic clutches.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Leading the Swiss is defensive midfielder Granit Xhaka, whose one goal, six assists and eight yellow cards for Sunderland in the Premier League paint quite the accurate picture of how the hard-tackling, slick-passing 33-year-old makes an impact.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Having political convictions, however, is different from being able to express them clearly in paint.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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“War paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/war%20paint. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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