gray
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These letters haven’t been issued since the Civil War, but the parallel is obvious and creates shades of gray that could present major problems.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“There’s just so much gray area that hasn’t come out in the wash yet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
He noted the peninsula had once been home to animals such as pronghorn, sea otter, North American porcupine, Humboldt marten, gray wolf, American black bear, grizzlies, northern fur seal and Steller sea lion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
His principal legislative interest has been to delist the gray wolf as a federal endangered species.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
For all I knew ghostly gray men were out there waiting for me.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
In prediction markets, the rules are considerably grayer, as the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance detailed last month.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
Just tell Claude: Make the gray background a little grayer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Dr. Dre announces that a time portal has opened to 2002 and a digitally de-aged old Eminem is on the loose, with today’s grayer 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg playing along with the bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
Ms. Ortiz watched Mrs. Ángela, whose hair appeared grayer than in her debut video, her voice slightly raspier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Her hair was loose and damp, grayer than it had been three months earlier.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
Presumably the same is true of the grayest day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
More than 1 in 5 people are over 65, a rate on par with some of the world’s grayest nations.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
It makes a great coffee table book, one that can help inspire on even the grayest of days.
From The Verge ● Apr. 28, 2022
Even during the grayest of winter months, there is plenty of green, and pops of color and beauty around the region in arboretums and botanical gardens.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
Her hair was down and the grayest lock of all showed plainly.
From The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey
The biggest problem involved the neutral axis, the line of grays that runs from black to white.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026
A lighted SyberJet logo hung above the bar, and ornate chandeliers cast the wood-paneled room, designed in elegant grays, in a soft glow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The broker had staged the house with attractive furniture in taupes and grays.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
Inside, there are cool, museum-like grays and whites that are broken up with intentional touches that celebrate the art of animation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
There was yellow gold, burned gold, and gold turning to brown; there were reds blending with browns, greens with grays, and solid browns shining like silk.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
In the distance, somewhat grayed by atmospheric haze, are the smokestacks and cooling tower of the power plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
They’re seemingly white at a distance, but look closely, and you’ll find each pearly bloom has watercolor shades of blue, grass green and grayed mauve with a golden center.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
In one arresting work, attic wainscoting is a series of vertical black rectangles lined up one after the next against grayed ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
The fire department noted that the large amounts of logs and brush inside the landfill helped produce the prodigious plumes of smoke that further grayed out the sky well into Tuesday.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The swing set was just sitting there, abandoned, the two little swings hanging still and sad from a grayed plank of wood, the outline of the seats like a kid’s drawing of a smile.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
My rapidly thinning, gradually graying hair tells me that I’m not the man I was two decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeff Schmid has found a silver lining in America’s graying demographics: All of those extra visits to the doctor are good for the economy.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The fine arts have long struggled with a so-called graying audience, and have moved mountains to innovate in ways that keep the genres fresh in order to attract younger, excitable crowds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
Nelson, who said he takes a ribbing from his young teammates for his graying hair, has a rich family history when it comes to Olympic hockey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
He rubs his graying beard and sighs again.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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