a shade

idiom

: a bit : a little
He is just a shade taller than his brother.

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Making travel even simpler, the latest Khloe Kardashian x Fabletics collection includes a convertible travel bag in a shade of black. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025 That was one of the league’s best marks, a shade higher than elite wingers like William Nylander and Artemi Panarin. The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 This year, the market also won a $50,000 historic preservation grant to help with outside improvements, like building a shade structure and making the backyard space usable. Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025 The film, which largely unfolds on Christmas Eve, has a wonderful sense of the dying light of a late December day, the transition from a shade of damp gray to the inky black of night, and, even better, an actual sense of a particular American place. Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for a shade

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“A shade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20shade. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.

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