whiteness

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Recent Examples of whiteness This is because the appeal and societal acceptance of straight hair is inextricably linked to a proximity to whiteness, which to some, lands as the antithesis to the natural hair movement as a whole. Tayler Adigun, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025 Spencer sees her from the window, somehow IMMEDIATELY recognizes his bundled-up wife in the blinding whiteness, then races through the cars and hops out the back. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025 The essence of Velma is not necessarily tied to her whiteness. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024 People are eager to escape discrimination and reap the benefits of whiteness. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whiteness
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pallor
Noun
  • Over the water the sky is glazed now with an Arctic pallor.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • This at a time when a sluggish box office and a lack of employment in onscreen entertainment has already given the business a sickly Nosferatu-like pallor.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025

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“Whiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiteness. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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