shade
Example Sentences
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And don’t paint your walls any shade of green or yellow, “because apparently that upsets people,” she joked in an interview, referring to the redditors who called her home’s wall colors “depressing,” “drab” and “dingy.”
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
CEO Alex Karp pivoted off this idea to cast shade on the emerging AI software ecosystem.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
“It’s been over. And this is not the first time I’ve said it. There’s no negativity or shade being thrown on Skip Bayless. I have moved on.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
But for my family, this tree has a name: Santseo, a Fanti word loosely translated as "Under" - because people settled underneath its shade.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
“Let’s start back. It’ll be cooler in the shade and we can finish our lunch in the camper.”
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing shade
The Best Starting Words for Wordle
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 3
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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