window shade

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Recent Examples of window shade When window shades are open, passersby can see into a home. Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 While etiquette varies, experts generally agree that control of the window shade belongs to the person seated closest to it. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 Family Friendliness: Second row seats have window shades in upper trims, and all trims feature slide and tilt seats that work with a forward facing child car seat installed. Scotty Reiss, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025 Relaxing music could be cued to ease stress, and window shades could be programmed to let in the maximum amount of natural light. IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2017 See All Example Sentences for window shade
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Noun
  • Although the freedom of using inexpensive digital video had inspired the project, Jia mixes and matches media throughout Caught by the Tides, leading to a tapestry of cinematic textures that begins to border on the abstract.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 May 2025
  • Street performers are part of the tapestry of London’s answer to Times Square.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The tint blends in nicely with my skin (a deeper shade is available, too) and adds a healthy, nongreasy glow.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
  • This Milani foundation is available in more than 30 shades.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 May 2025

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“Window shade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20shade. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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