shades

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Dressed in a grey suit and shades, Benny, 30, decided to pay rather than wait, shelling out $2,400 for one of the watches.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Just like the tourists perched above, visitors in the boats below try to get the ultimate snap: the vertical landscape looming over the Yangtze River in shades of electric blue, magenta and red.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

There were shades of difference among the commentators, but they mostly batted for the same team.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

In 1888, in an effort to stem counterfeiting of their travel trunks, Louis Vuitton and his son, Georges, introduced the Damier “checkerboard” pattern, in distinctive shades of taupe and chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Small rooms line the hall on either side, all with the same black drapes over the windows, the same dim lamps with green shades.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin