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Recent Examples of whitish
Symptoms include angular red, purple, or brown lesions on the upper surfaces of leaves, often between veins, with whitish fungal growth on the undersides.
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
This smooth-leafed cousin of the prickly Christmas-style holly has whitish-green flowers in spring before the dark berries that give the shrub its name appear in late summer and early fall.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Quivering along the frill of brownish gray and whitish yellow stripes skirting her foot, the epipodial tentacles are pale silver and waving, numbering over a hundred, electrifying her whole body with tastes, smells, vibrations from above, behind, everywhere.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
For example, whitish nails might indicate a vitamin deficiency or liver disease.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
Their appearances may vary from whitish to gray or black, and they are often confused with fleas, but are a completely different species.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
Broad-spectrum light is usually whitish in color and does not contain any UV rays, while full-spectrum light has a bluish color and features wavelengths from infrared to near-ultraviolet.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Tonsil stones, or tonsilloliths, are small, firm, whitish deposits that may form in the deep pockets and corners of your tonsils.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
This smooth-leafed cousin of the prickly Christmas-style holly has whitish-green flowers in spring before the dark berries that give the shrub its name appear in late summer and early fall.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Quivering along the frill of brownish gray and whitish yellow stripes skirting her foot, the epipodial tentacles are pale silver and waving, numbering over a hundred, electrifying her whole body with tastes, smells, vibrations from above, behind, everywhere.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
For example, whitish nails might indicate a vitamin deficiency or liver disease.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
Their appearances may vary from whitish to gray or black, and they are often confused with fleas, but are a completely different species.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
Broad-spectrum light is usually whitish in color and does not contain any UV rays, while full-spectrum light has a bluish color and features wavelengths from infrared to near-ultraviolet.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Tonsil stones, or tonsilloliths, are small, firm, whitish deposits that may form in the deep pockets and corners of your tonsils.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitish
Adjective
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In the Jazz Age, the culture and the style that Bradley was soaking up every night were information that white performers craved, but which racial segregation impeded them from accessing.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Perry, dressed in a white robe, emotionally reacts to Groban's engagement in the video, which is displayed in the background with a news article screenshot.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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What did that earth remember, that patch of chalky Pleistocene tuff full of the petrified remains of pre-people and their stone hand axes?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Below are the ones that really deliver for curly hair, thick hair, post-workout refreshes, scalp health, and more—without the chalky residue or heavy buildup.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The style is also available in a vibrant red, classic black, subtle ivory, and playful pale blue.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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The pistachio pudding gives both the cake and frosting a natural pale green hue.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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This cool-toned brunette look has ashy tones throughout.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
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Then that September, a nursing assistant found Coulson unresponsive and hanging off the side of her bed, her skin ashy and her breathing shallow.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Hitchcock didn’t respond, his face slowly turning ashen.—
Jeffrey Collins,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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His ashen skin is snaked with circuitry, his voice flattened into the cold register of the Borg, a cybernetic collective that assimilates entire civilizations and reshapes them in its own image.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Think runway blondes—soft, mousey, antique.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
10 May 2026
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Handsome Belgian executive Geert (Arieh Worthalter) regales an enthusiastic crowd with a yarn, while his mousy tech head Luc (Jan Hammenecker) demonstrates to what might be the world’s first speech-to-text technology.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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When deadheading, cut where the blossom's stem joins the rest of the plant—in other words, remove not only the faded flower, but the tiny stem attached to it as well.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
10 May 2026
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Next to the dog, a faded print of Big Ben, and a commemorative plate with the late Queen Elizabeth II smiling from nine different decades.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Whitish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitish. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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