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Recent Examples of window shade
But other questions have more subjective answers, like who gets to decide whether the window shade is up or down mid-flight?
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Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
The plane’s window shades remained closed for the entire flight, and a guard at the front of the plane shouted at anyone who spoke.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
It’s also designed to reduce the risk of injury, such as falling trying to reach a window shade high on the wall or getting in an out of a tub.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
An advertisement in the Sun touted blackout window shades for sale, in limited quantities, at the National Shade Co. on Harford Ave.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
The plane’s window shades remained closed for the entire flight, and a guard at the front of the plane shouted at anyone who spoke.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
It’s also designed to reduce the risk of injury, such as falling trying to reach a window shade high on the wall or getting in an out of a tub.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
An advertisement in the Sun touted blackout window shades for sale, in limited quantities, at the National Shade Co. on Harford Ave.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for window shade
Noun
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The main sitting area, between the Coquille d’Or bar and the reception area, feels at once Art Deco and Arts & Crafts with its blend of old and modern– carpets with foliage motifs, a mix of travertine and oak, medieval tapestries and vintage Louis XIII-style armchairs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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There was David Gamson, a 24-year-old electronics wizard and composer-in-training who helped to shape Cupid and Psyche 85’s extravagant layers of sampled and synthesized sound, a tapestry of iridescent edges whose startling complexity was inspired in part by his interest in classical counterpoint.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some begonias are annuals, others perennials so always read the care tags but all prefer full to partial shade.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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Homidi’s signature Cream Cashmere Soft Shadow shades impart a diffused effect that creates a skinlike finish on lids.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Window shade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20shade. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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