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as in silver
of the color gray
the gray elephant and the gaudily dressed circus performer created a striking contrast
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as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
a gray rainy day
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as in to get along
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Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
The picture is a cozy, smiley selfie featuring the trio, and appears to have been snapped in cooler weather, as the Bowling is sporting a dark gray jacket and purple sweater, while the twins, 34, appear to be wearing a dark, v-neck sweater.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Hooch, Turner and Hooch The most crucial element in any buddy cop movie is the dynamic of the central pairing, which lays a foundation of difference and tension: a graying racist and a sternly principled minority, a grizzled lifer and a naïve rookie, a by-the-book rule-follower and a loose cannon.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
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Adjective
The skies are gray, the ground is icy, and bundling up with cold-weather gear can dampen your seasonal style.
—Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
The picture is a cozy, smiley selfie featuring the trio, and appears to have been snapped in cooler weather, as the Bowling is sporting a dark gray jacket and purple sweater, while the twins, 34, appear to be wearing a dark, v-neck sweater.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
Verb
If today’s age-specific labor and spending patterns continue, graying and depopulating countries will lack the savings to invest for growth or even to replace old infrastructure and equipment.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Hooch, Turner and Hooch The most crucial element in any buddy cop movie is the dynamic of the central pairing, which lays a foundation of difference and tension: a graying racist and a sternly principled minority, a grizzled lifer and a naïve rookie, a by-the-book rule-follower and a loose cannon.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
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Surveillance video from the second incident showed a silver Toyota SUV leaving the parking lot shortly after the shots were fired.Kelly McCleary, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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Violet donned a black bra and some silver necklaces in the snap, teaming the gothic glam look with a classic dark red lip.Becca Longmire, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Whenever one filled up, the park rangers replaced it with a new notebook and took the old one back to headquarters, where they’ve all been kept for years inside a dark cabinet in a back room.John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
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The actor playing Brack was Leo Reuss, the cast’s sole Jewish member, a handsome man with a sculpted jaw and dark eyes.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Sometimes all the step-siblings get along, but things can change when the elders’ needs increase, creating demands for new responsibilities.Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The meet went incredibly well with both roosters getting along swimmingly with the rest of the birds.Karri Peifer, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
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Though the complex love story spans decades, each shocking plot turn and fleeting moment, guided by the series’ head writer, Francisco Javier Royo Fernández, enables the audience to remain committed to seeing this tale through until the end, even when things look bleak.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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Although things look bleak, Aikman still believes the Cowboys can turn things around as soon as this week against the red-hot 5-3 Falcons.DJ Siddiqi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Travel experts say the behavior of such passengers can delay boarding because too many people crowding the gate area can block people from getting on and off the plane.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Helmed by Hans Petter Moland, the film stars Neeson as a man who — and this may sound familiar — exacts revenge on the criminal enterprise who made the mistake of getting on his bad side.Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Most people would’ve just done the water with white foam or grayish blue foam.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
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The room, which has a quiet palette of dusty blues and grayish taupes, is connected through arched doorways to the kitchen on one end and the living room at the other.Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
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As a lonely nerd in a suburb, there was something about the way that there were pop-cultural objects, at the last possible time when there was analog technology, that really wove into the fabric of your soul.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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But breaking that ground was an often lonely endeavor for a Black artist in mid-century Hollywood.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Gray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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