whiteness

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Recent Examples of whiteness Finally, other actives come in to deliver a clean scent and increase whiteness. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026 Certain finishing chemistries are more prone to yellowing than others, so the ability to maintain whiteness in each finishing process can be product specific. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026 The pilot isn’t quite sure what makes Arthur funny, alternating between jokes about his artistic pretensions and his extreme whiteness. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Jan. 2026 Here, a fairy tale-level ogre in Lorincz gets the benefit of the doubt from police because of her whiteness. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whiteness
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Noun
  • Some of the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia include fatigue, weakness and paleness.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, paleness, and a rapid heart rate.
    Peter Pressman, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Already, his story had begun to take on the grim pallor of tragedy.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Addae is developing zinc oxide sunscreens that don’t leave as much of a white pallor by changing the shape of the chemical’s particle structure, an advancement which may be particularly beneficial for people with darker skin tones.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 25 May 2026

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“Whiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiteness. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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