as in to bleach
to make white or whiter by removing color
years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag
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Recent Examples of whiten
Moon Platinum Pro Glow Teeth Whitening Device, $130 Rather than just employing blue light for whitening, Moon’s latest device also combines red and yellow light meant to give users healthy gums and better breath.
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Emily Burns, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Common additives include: Titanium dioxide, a whitening agent added to products like skim milk.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Directors and producers coached her to use whitening creams.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Simply whiten teeth at home with the kit’s 22 treatments — without going to the dentist.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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Emily Burns, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Common additives include: Titanium dioxide, a whitening agent added to products like skim milk.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Directors and producers coached her to use whitening creams.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Simply whiten teeth at home with the kit’s 22 treatments — without going to the dentist.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiten
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The mohawk itself appeared to be bleached dirty blonde.—
Lawrence Yee,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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After what feels like years of obsessing over eyebrow trends (skinny, perfectly bushy, bleached) to treatments like lamination and microblading, learning to love the unruly swirls that appear in our brows just feels right.—
Dulce Moncada,
Glamour,
7 Apr. 2025
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First, there was a drip-drip-drip of crisis: as costs everywhere rose, city, state, and federal monies faded away once COVID-era bailout efforts came to an end.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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But when a new Supreme rises, the old one fades away.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Apr. 2025
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Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus Hair Dryer and Styler Best Amazon Skincare Deals Restock your skincare collection while this popular neck cream, brightening micellar water, and more favorites are marked down.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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On annual planting days, the garden club ladies brought plants into the city and joined residents in planting and installing window boxes to brighten up their neighborhood blocks.—
Sonja Dümpelmann,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Whiten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiten. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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