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Recent Examples of white Theron wore a slouch-cut, double-breasted white suit, its easy drape broken by the armor of chains. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025 How to play Mega Millions Player can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Mall). Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025 The sauce notably led KFC to create and distribute wet napkins, as the sauce can do a number on fingers, chins and the occasional white shirt. Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 Between 2020 and 2070, California’s Asian population is expected to grow from 16% to 21% while the percentage of white people living in the state is expected to drop from 35% to 28%. Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for white
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white
Adjective
  • One man, wearing a faded Scott Kingery shirt, admired the view from behind home plate on the club level.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In 1975, Elvis was a faded star in Vegas and Robert Johnson was just another obscure dead bluesman.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lawmakers have promised that schools and local governments, which receive a large share of the sales tax revenue the state collects, will be held harmless by the shift.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But plenty of seemingly harmless items contribute to the mess, too.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • According to the post, detectives seized one pound of pure fentanyl, which police said is enough to kill around 225,000 people.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, monochrome looks in pure black or white dominated, showing the season’s full contrasts.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Beyond species protection, the project also advances ethical shearing practices, fiber contribution programs supporting regional artisan communities, as well as a transparent and traceable supply chain for vicuña fiber.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Stablecoins can move dollars across borders in near real time at low cost, with transparent records that simplify compliance and reconciliation.
    Chris Maurice, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As with all investigations leading to arrest, the subjects of the investigation are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The new dating term 'Shrekking' sounds innocent.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These benign growths are most often asymptomatic (without symptoms) and usually found by chance during imaging for other reasons.
    MD Published, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Jones' assessments of the situation featured everything from benign, informational updates to suggesting Parsons could get hit by a car while discussing the implications of signing the 26-year-old star to a long-term deal.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The colorless, endless walls speak of separation and desperation, without actually showing a human being who might be held there.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
  • If the glass is colorless, its potential sources are even more limited, because colorless low-iron glass – popularized by Apple’s flagship stores and luxury towers around the world – requires 99% pure silica sand.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Fields slept at downtown bus stops, often gathering with groups or pretending to have a firearm in her coat to stay safe.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • No payment data was accessed within the breach, meaning information like credits cards or transaction history was safe.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025

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“White.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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