whiteness

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Recent Examples of whiteness Critics have said the jeans campaign amounts to a dog whistle for eugenics and a glorification of whiteness. Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025 Unfortunately, Holland never really explains the connection between whiteness and the ads and how whiteness is now unbridled. Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025 Some view the campaign as symbolic of a cultural and ideological shift back towards whiteness. Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 Hollowell described the piece as a classic three-stone setting, with the center stone looking to be flanked by two smaller oval side stones, set in platinum or 18-karat white gold, enhancing the diamond’s natural whiteness. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for whiteness
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pallor
Noun
  • With his deathly pallor and Byronic charm, Stamp was perfect as the self-destructive, swaggering scoundrel who is haunted by visions of a spectral little girl.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Symptoms include easy bruising, pallor, and decreased urine.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 June 2025

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“Whiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiteness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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