fair-skinned
Example Sentences
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Vargas Llosa’s social position — as part of the well-to-do, fair-skinned, Spanish-speaking elite — also raised questions about how he would govern a country made up largely of Indigenous people and mixed-race mestizos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
She added that "a fair-skinned, freckly person will have a higher chance of developing skin cancer than someone with perhaps darker skin".
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2023
The police department’s Facebook account posted pictures of the suspect, who appears to be a White or fair-skinned man, Monday after a fire was reported at the Mercy Center mosque.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
They are more common in fair-skinned people who have less skin pigmentation, Avram said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
As his children, we were on the fair-skinned side as well.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
