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dye

[dahy] / daɪ /
NOUN
coloring agent
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WEAK
bleach whitener


VERB
change color with mixture
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We used to dye our hair and use food color to make the colors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The researchers compare this arrangement to chocolate chips embedded in a cookie, while organic dye molecules covering the outside resemble icing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

When, in 1978, he decided to make bold-colored cashmere sweaters for women, a dye expert said he was “crazy to dye cashmere in these colors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Her hair, growing out of a bad dye job.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Traditionally, Japanese convenience stores have also required workers to adhere to relatively conservative dress codes, including bans on certain hair dyes and large earrings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Artificial food dyes, too, are hard to do without, because consumers reliably prefer brightly colored foods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In-N-Out Burger this week announced several menu changes in line with a recent push to reduce use of artificial dyes and processed ingredients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mundhe has enforced bans on using newspapers to wrap food, synthetic dyes and banned analogue paneer - non-dairy cottage cheese substitutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

They look like they might have artificial dyes in them.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

He still showed up to the victory party in Paris with his hair dyed blonde like Pogi’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

He shot pool now and then at the Playboy Mansion, collected guns, dyed his white hair jet-black and trundled out anecdotes of Old Hollywood over three-hour lunches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

In a 2020 UK study, 51% of employers admitted turning down a candidate because of the way they looked, with managers indicating they had been influenced by scruffy clothes or poorly dyed hair.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

It was here, where the trees grew thickest and the light was dyed deep green, that she planned to set up her experiment.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"Some start wearing shorter skirts or dyeing their hair. Once people begin expressing themselves, it affects a system where everyone is supposed to think and move together."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

With spinning, weaving, dyeing and knitting facilities -- the Glo-Djigbe site exported its first garments in 2024 for the French retailer Kiabi, followed by other international brands such as US Polo.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Unlike conventional textiles, where color is applied through dyeing, sea silk generates its golden hue from the arrangement of proteins within the fiber itself.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

I could try to combat inescapable existential dread by dyeing my hair.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025

The dyeing yard, affected by the fire, was already sultry and almost oppressive.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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