1
as in faded
lacking an addition of color
dazzlingly white paint on the walls of the new house
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2
as in harmless
not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt
told a little white lie to spare her feelings
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as in pure
free from sin
the tendency to see everything and everyone as morally black or white
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Recent Examples of white
Since 2005, the homeownership rate for white people in metro Atlanta has hovered between 73% and 80%.
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Zachary Hansen, ajc, 9 Feb. 2023
Here the racial inequality is stark, with Black people being nearly three times more likely to die from childbirth as white people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2023
Across ethnic groups the support of gun control legislation saw broad support, with 86 percent of Black people, 82 percent of Latino people and 77 percent of white people in favor of the age change.
—Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 8 Feb. 2023
Some in Milwaukee took it as Abdul-Jabbar not liking white people.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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Zachary Hansen, ajc, 9 Feb. 2023
Here the racial inequality is stark, with Black people being nearly three times more likely to die from childbirth as white people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2023
Across ethnic groups the support of gun control legislation saw broad support, with 86 percent of Black people, 82 percent of Latino people and 77 percent of white people in favor of the age change.
—Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 8 Feb. 2023
Some in Milwaukee took it as Abdul-Jabbar not liking white people.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white
Adjective
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Offering a 23% concentration of pure vitamin C, this formula delivers some serious brightening benefits, resulting in a more even-looking complexion and faded hyperpigmentation.—
Denise Primbet,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
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Everything below that will be flooded, according to IPCC predictions, so his maps show those areas as underwater, with what’s land today shown as a faded layer.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The texters have multiple objectives by sending seemingly harmless missives to your phone.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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Some plots involved the unruly but harmless Darling family, depicted as hillbillies who seemed alien to even the small-town residents of Mayberry.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Blackberry Smoke is just a kick-ass band that’s been doing it the right way, the honest way, the hard way, the pure way, for a very long time.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
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When a curious 6-year-old met a playful dolphin, their precious connection created pure magic.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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To paraphrase Bochner, the thesaurus is not transparent.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Journalists, publishers, and speakers of all kinds routinely make less than transparent judgments about what stories to tell and how to tell them.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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Since 1973, at least 200 innocent people have been exonerated due to wrongful convictions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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In a nearly 400-page petition to the California Court of Appeals, filed Friday night, the LA Innocence Project argued Scott Peterson is innocent and his conviction should be overturned.—
Santina Leuci,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In one of the videos, obtained by CNN from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, Dali can be seen proceeding through the security checkpoint’s body scanner, and getting a pat down while wearing a tan shirt over a grey hoodie and jeans.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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Josh McDaniels was looking thinner, and he’s got more grey hairs on his head, but the offensive coordinator – returning for his third stint with the Patriots – seemed recharged in his first meeting with reporters since being hired by head coach Mike Vrabel in January.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This can vary from a benign lentigo to a cancerous mole.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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The 33-year-old mom praised the staff for being proactive in testing the cyst, which was found to be benign.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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What are my rights, and what responsibility does the HOA have? A: Radon is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause lung cancer.—
Jill Terreri Ramos,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Black-and-white drawings dominate the show’s first half, in which closely observed, acutely detailed faces emerge out of the blank void of colorless sheets of paper.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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“White.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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