shades
Example Sentences
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"A large plane flying overhead where somebody could see it, with the shades up and windows illuminated, could tell somebody that it's a particular type of aircraft," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dispatches sent by pool media on board noted a Secret Service order that window shades be lowered during takeoff -- an unusual instruction outside of combat zones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
To help conceal the plot, which one anonymous U.S. official called a “deception operation,” White House officials made journalists aboard Air Force One close their window shades.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
That sort of black-and-white thinking was always going to clash with the shades of gray in Christopher Nolan’s smash-hit adaptation of “The Odyssey.”
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Do any of the instruments actually make you think of specific shades of color, like fire-engine red or sky blue?
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
