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Recent Examples of whiten Luckily, the best teeth whitening strips can help lift discoloration and brighten your smile, with some claiming results in as little as 10 minutes. Iman Balagam, Vogue, 26 July 2025 Plus, score savings on the ultra-popular Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask and these Crest teeth whitening strips. Isabel Garcia, People.com, 11 July 2025 Get a picture-perfect smile with this powerful home teeth whitening kit. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2025 Bleach can be used in laundry to help brighten and whiten clothing, fight tough stains, and sanitize. Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for whiten
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Verb
  • The coral, now bleached, is alive, but slowly starving.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • For example, coral reefs are bleaching more often and dying due to ocean warming and acidification, undermining fisheries, marine biodiversity and economic sectors such as tourism.
    Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Midnight blue, a heavier shade, has been favored in recent years as the summer fades and fall approaches.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As the sun set over the East River, the music faded but the warmth lingered.
    Essence, Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • This new visitor to the inner solar system is expected to brighten, perhaps becoming a fairly easy object to see in small telescopes or good binoculars.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While the former depuffs and brightens the under-eye region on days when you’re deprived of zzzs, the latter takes advantage of orange peptides, pomegranate spheres, and hyaluronic acid to further smooth the skin.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Whiten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiten. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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