- present participle of shade.
shading
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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
External shading, such as shutters, awnings or shades, can be even more effective because it stops some sunlight before it reaches the glass.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Her keen shading of dynamics served two purposes: It made potentially static music engaging, and it lent drama to a narrative arc shaped largely by biography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The HSE suggests that work should be rescheduled to cooler times of the day, and that employers introduce more frequent rest breaks, introduce shading to rest areas and provide free access to cool drinking water.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
They stopped and turned, hands shading brows, eyes screwed up against the evening glare.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
“Coyote” offers intimate shadings on a story that will be familiar to fans of literary biography or anyone who has ever attended a 12-step recovery program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
It gave occasionally warm shadings to the seeming sternness of the winter sky.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2022
Hall’s performance is remarkable, full of shadings and intimations of significant emotional depths.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
And Patina Miller, replacing Heather Headley, renders the Witch with a fierce, dangerous glamour, trading Headley’s initial restraint for more ardent shadings.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
Out of desperation I’d included some of my old Biology drawings, in hard lead pencil with colored shadings.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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