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[hwahyt, wahyt] / ʰwaɪt, waɪt /


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The criminal charge came a week after the Pasadena Humane Society announced that the rare white fowl had recovered from its injuries and was relocated to a private ranch in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Because this white dwarf formed relatively recently, it remains extremely hot.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

I passed beneath an unobtrusive white arch that, I later learned, uses artificial intelligence to detect weapons and notify guards nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Jaws” is a fantastic film if you can suspend your disbelief about a great white being the menace of the seas.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

She’s now all white and has a glossy finish.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

I frosted the cake with a Swiss meringue buttercream that required bringing egg whites and sugar together over a pot of simmering water and then whisking it into stiff peaks.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

We dyed our hair with food color and bleach and kept it straight with egg whites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Today I see a boom in Ukrainian wineries," he said, noting that from full-bodied reds in the south to the crisp whites of the west, "our terroirs and climate are incredibly diverse".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

I usually prepare the batter just before frying because it comes together so easily—you just whisk the flour with lukewarm water and the egg whites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The whites would boil away on the stove awhile.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Other proposed methods include squirting aerosols into the atmosphere or using microbubbles to make the ocean whiter.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

After 12 hours, they were nearly 50% whiter than similar teeth brushed with a saline solution.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026

It also concluded that headlamps were perceived as "too bright", and that "whiter" headlamps and those on larger vehicles were "generally perceived to be especially problematic for causing glare".

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

Now 74, with a white beard and whiter turban, Ravinder is facing the possibility that he might be the last in that line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Bill goes whiter than a sheet, and I can’t help but wonder what kind of treatment he needs, and what might make a man so fearful of a pair of shaky hands.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Pike County, in Kentucky's fifth congressional district, is the whitest and second poorest district in the nation.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

The whitest layer the furthest away from the ground is regarded as safer to consume.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024

This innovation was derived from the intricate biological structure of Cyphochilus, the whitest known beetle.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024

While the paint is officially the world’s whitest, it isn’t blindingly so because it scatters light, Ruan said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Mr. Binks smiled wide, flashing the whitest teeth Genie had ever seen.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

We always feel when something's been whited out because someone didn't understand or translate the culture.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022

Photos show the reference was first whited out, then a laminated description without the sentence was taped over the original placard.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2020

Sometimes he whited them out completely with gouache.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2019

The 295-page tranche that went out last night is quite repetitive, and the interviews are still mostly whited out.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2019

Outside, the sky had whited over with clouds, and shine spilled across the surfaces, sending motes before my eyes.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

The wild fish studied included Pacific and Peruvian anchoveta, and Atlantic herring, mackerel, sprat and blue whiting -- which are all marketed and consumed as seafood.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

The species that are most frequently parasitised include salmon, tuna, squid, cod, hake, mackerel, mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting, sardines and anchovies.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2023

The fried whiting has my name on it.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022

There are mixed ratings for Celtic Sea haddock, cod and whiting, with warnings that the populations of cod and whiting caught there are at dangerously low levels.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2022

It was just like him to give me the catfish and make believe it was the whiting.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers




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