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shade

[shayd] / ʃeɪd /








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Bondi’s memo also threw shade by implication at the use of human translators, while boosting A.I.:

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

But lately the leaders at the 125-year-old law firm spent hours discussing the merits of italics within a custom-made typeface and selecting the exact shade of blue that best communicates the energy of its lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"The council have put a bench underneath it where people can come and sit in the shade and enjoy views of the Mournes and of the sea," Martin said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Iñárritu spends the film’s first quarter setting the scene and characters — strangely quite literally, raising what looks like a stage curtain but is revealed to be a window shade.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

He can’t see us around the reflective shade thing.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Thick haze turned the skies in Indonesia's Palangkaraya apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen metres as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Around the islands, shallow waters glow in brilliant shades of turquoise, contrasting sharply with the dark blue of the deeper surrounding ocean.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The star attraction are Shetland's native sheep and the earthy shades of cream, brown and black of their wool.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Playing versions of the Chaplins, the Holbrooke sisters share shades of classic Herzog characters while being quite unlike any of the eccentrics he’s brought to life before.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

There were tiny kingfishers with bright orange bills that were as long as their bodies, and metallic plumage in shades of blue that made them glint like jewels in the sun.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

So, for example, we see a pair of virtually identical 1961 portraits of a man in a white tuxedo, his face shaded with red flecks that are clearly made by hand when viewed up close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Short came to embody the inverse of that picture, the shaded gloom lurking in places that escape sunshiny illumination.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

“A resort-style pool, tranquil lily ponds, meandering pathways, shaded terraces, and a full-size tennis court create moments of both recreation and quiet reflection, where the sounds of nature replace the pace of everyday life.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Village Center convenience store beckons with shaded parking and a freezer full of frozen treats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Colonel Edmund Rice, chief of the exposition’s Columbian Guard, described what it was like to stand in a shaded wood at Gettysburg as Pickett launched his men across the intervening field.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

For Hartnett, shading in a complete picture, warts and all, is essential to making a character believable.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

We come to admire Ahmad, Perlmutter and Sidhwa, but Teng provides just enough shading so that subtle cultural tensions between the men start to emerge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

In the rush for everyone to claim tech-company status, we lost a lot of good shading in many iconic logos: Warner Bros.,

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Research on overheating in homes shows that shading and ventilation can be important passive cooling strategies: reducing indoor heat without mechanical cooling.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

And when I came around the corner onto the crowded walk into the sun, they were already lining the curb and shading their faces with their hands.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison


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