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dye

[dahy] / daɪ /
NOUN
coloring agent
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WEAK
bleach whitener


VERB
change color with mixture
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Instead, they mark the rodents with dye and call them things like "dans_hat", "open_kite" and "Citroën".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The issues set out by the Breastfeeding Network, Royal College of Radiologists and Society of Radiographers point to questions around the contrast dye that is injected before a breast MRI.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Textile dyeing and finishing operations generate large amounts of contaminated wastewater, making dye removal and water reuse ongoing challenges.

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

In 1961, an advertisement for Lady Clairol hair dye inspired him to turn his natural dark hair white blond.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

After the thrift store, we went to Duane Reade and got a bottle of red hair dye, then we headed home.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

She marked the cells with different fluorescent dyes and then isolated those that reacted to activin.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

But they bought more chewing gum, mouthwash and hair dyes - products that counter common GLP-1 side effects like thinning hair and bad breath.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

As consumers move away from artificial dyes, Mars is releasing a new line of M&M’s without synthetic colors later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Mars was able to recreate its red, orange, yellow and green M&M colors with at-scale natural dyes, WSJ specified.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

“He definitely dyes it,” Riccio murmured without taking his eye from the peephole.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

"Everyone thought, since I was about eight, that I dyed my hair," she said.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The company stopped short of saying whether artificially dyed M&M’s will disappear from shelves after that time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Plus a flower shop next door called Verdant that has flowers I’ve genuinely never seen anywhere else: pink sunflowers that aren’t dyed, just extraordinary things.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

"The lagoon was dyed regularly between 2017 and 2024... but this was removed from the annual plan last year following lower reports of anti-social behaviour," he added.

From BBC May 28, 2026

The other has bundles of hot pink sparklers; the top half of each one is wrapped in dyed magenta-yellow-teal tissue paper and laced with a gold ribbon.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

"Some start wearing shorter skirts or dyeing their hair. Once people begin expressing themselves, it affects a system where everyone is supposed to think and move together."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

With spinning, weaving, dyeing and knitting facilities -- the Glo-Djigbe site exported its first garments in 2024 for the French retailer Kiabi, followed by other international brands such as US Polo.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The researchers hope their findings will encourage more thorough testing of clothing before it reaches consumers and push manufacturers to adopt safer alternatives during the dyeing process.

From Science Daily Apr. 2, 2026

When John commands Cal to cut his long hair, Cal rebels by dyeing it platinum and trimming it into a chin-length bob.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Twenty-eight percent of the women on the site said they were blond, a number far beyond the national average, which indicates a lot of dyeing, or lying, or both.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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