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yellowish

[yel-oh-ish] / ˈjɛl oʊ ɪʃ /
ADJECTIVE
having a yellow color
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The entire area has been blanketed by a thick plume of yellowish smoke, prompting the partial evacuation of two villages close by.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

They are clad variously in red porphyry, black basalt, gray granite and yellowish sandstone from nearby Montjuïc, with emblems symbolizing the four evangelists, the 12 apostles and an assortment of Catholic saints and geographic regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The treated livers appeared smaller and healthier, with a normal red color, compared to the enlarged, yellowish livers seen in untreated animals.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2026

“The thing about smog is that it smelled like a color to me because I live in color, and the way I described it was yellowish, greenish — murky.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

He was emaciated, the bones of his face sticking out sharply against the yellowish skin.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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