tint
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Her pretend “roommate,” another employee, did the same, and the display changed to a different set of apps in a custom green tint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The shadowed portion could also develop a rusty or copper colored tint.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Finish with fresh herbs and a quick yogurt sauce: lemon juice, chopped herbs and enough Old Bay to tint it faintly coral.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
The arrangements give the material a different tint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
She liked the straight line of his jaw, his skin’s rich olive tint.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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The red and blue of the women’s clothing echo the tints of the rainbow itself, as do smaller, random flecks of color throughout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
It manifests now in a brittleness that tints their everyday exchanges as ossifying empty nesters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Peter Csemiczky, defending, said his client apologised and had removed the tints.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
Although there have been rare, noncommercial screenings over the years, the expiration of the copyright is what allowed Stenn to finance a restoration with the original tints.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
The flames drew pearly tints out of the white walls, and the windows glowed yellow-gold, suggesting cheerful fires within.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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At age 82, Steinem looked as she had always looked, only older: tinted aviator glasses, leather jacket, long hair parted down the middle with two lightened streaks at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Agents with their faces covered up to their eyes, in unmarked black SUVs with tinted windows, would wait outside churches, mosques, schools, daycares, courtrooms, and hospitals.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
In May 2023, Cancino and his partner pulled over a man for allegedly speeding and having tinted windows, said his attorney, Nicole Castronovo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
They also stopped cars with faults including bald tyres, illegally tinted windows and broken seat belts.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
“No,” Moss repeated, his eyes locked on the tinted visor of the guard.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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During her courses, she learnt about tinting, waxing, facials and massage, which was taught as a separate module.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Nazarian and Blumenfield both pointed out that the law does not require air conditioning, and said units could be kept cool with other interventions, including cool roof technology and window tinting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
The cause, of course, is a smoggy blanket of fumes from wildfires in Canada that have been drifting south, muting the sun and tinting the sky a foreboding apricot hue.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2023
On a sunny day, all these growing things have a stained-glass effect, tinting the light greenish.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
The sun crossed the cold blue sky and then moved down to the southwest, gilding the clouds and tinting the vapor around the mountain every shade of cream and scarlet, of apricot and orange.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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Visual Arts - Introductory
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