whiten
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For example, you can whiten teeth with a single tap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Their interlocking hands whiten as their grip tightens and Neta recalls what happened next.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
The cream, which contained ingredients to whiten the skin of European women, was sold off by the house and sed to create the skincare company of the same name.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
And salon services to whiten a naturally brown beard aren’t cheap.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
Mr. Clyde’s scar was beginning to whiten again.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Maybe I’ll still be kept warm by my summer odyssey come December, when frost whitens the lawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
According to Greene’s tweet, the premium retouching option costs $11.99 and "whitens teeth, evens skin tone and removed blemishes and scars."
From Fox News ● Nov. 2, 2021
Poach fish gently in oil until it fully whitens and flakes easily, about 5 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2018
Nights can turn bright if the world mysteriously whitens, as though one’s optic nerves were rebelling.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
Condemn it because it sends down stifling darkness, sucks the life from grass, and whitens the sapling leaf for trifling, fluttering friends?
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Wash the navy beans and run hot water through them until they are slightly whitened.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
He had red hair and a face whitened with talcum powder.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
More common, however, are rough-edge rectangles made of brawny pencil strokes and dynamic cross-hatching and sometimes whitened by erasures and abrasions.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Simmer, do not stir, until all of the whey proteins have risen to the surface and whitened into a foam.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2021
His black hair was slicked back, his face whitened with a cosmetic, and he carried a cocktail shaker.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
"This work offers a safe, at-home teeth whitening strategy integrating whitening, enamel repair and microbiome balance for long-term oral health," says Min Xing, first author on the study.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
At the import expo, it showcased a new whitening toothpaste for the Chinese market, developed at Crest’s Beijing research institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
On Merseyside, the BBC found a beautician advertising illegal whitening products and training courses for fraudulent qualifications.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
In food, calcium phosphate is used as a whitening agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
She pushed a piece of hair out of her face, whitening the strand of hair with flour.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
