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Recent Examples of black-and-white
Buttercup from the Hunger Games series Hunger Games fans were outraged when a black-and-white tuxedo cat was cast to play the Everdeens' yellow-ish tabby in the first movie.
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The adorable black-and-white shot featured Liza in a party hat, blowing out the candles on her cake as dad Vincente Minnelli watched over her shoulder.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Astronaut William Anders took the black-and-white snapshot during the Apollo 8 mission on Christmas Eve in December 1968; it’s expected to fetch anywhere from to $13,000 to $19,000.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Padukone opted for black-and-white color blocking with her look.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The adorable black-and-white shot featured Liza in a party hat, blowing out the candles on her cake as dad Vincente Minnelli watched over her shoulder.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Astronaut William Anders took the black-and-white snapshot during the Apollo 8 mission on Christmas Eve in December 1968; it’s expected to fetch anywhere from to $13,000 to $19,000.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Padukone opted for black-and-white color blocking with her look.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black-and-white
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Yes, there will be other shows — and, in fact, Star Wars is coming off its most successful year in producing TV shows with less explicit, fan-service-y connection to the movies, though The Acolyte was canceled and the future of Skeleton Crew remains in doubt.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for an explicit verbal exchange with a Los Angeles Lakers fan during Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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More significantly, the vengeful felon-in-chief has sent a clear-cut message: Oppose his heedless, plainly unconstitutional actions in court — one of the only avenues left to fight Trump’s creeping authoritarianism — and there will be a dear price to pay.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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The 6-foot Bueckers was the overwhelming choice in a draft in which there is no clear-cut No. 2 pick.—
Staff and wire reports,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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The northern lights are a luminous glow seen around the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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The River Walk at night is always luminous, but this parade makes an evening on the river extra magical.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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There is no bright-line definition for hardship—it’s determined by the employer under the terms of the retirement plan and based on facts and circumstances.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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None of these cases, for instance, is likely to result in the full restoration of the bright-line rules established with the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, rules based in part on the lessons of our battles against authoritarian monarchy in the seventeenth century.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
20 Aug. 2024
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She’s been wildly influential without ever being less than unmistakable; no matter what sonic, thematic or characteristic elements other artists may borrow from her, none of them would ever risk being taken for Lana herself.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
26 Apr. 2025
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The song, a collaboration between The Pogues frontman MacGowan and the unmistakable O’Connor, reenters the Official Physical Singles chart at No. 18.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Reporting indicates that Iran’s objectives in these talks are unambiguous.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
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His message was unambiguous: AI should augment, not replace, the scientific process.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Industry experts say some of the reasons are plain to see: Reports of detentions and deportations, including the weekslong lockup of European tourists, have sowed fears of bad experiences at the border.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Apr. 2025
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Attorneys for immigrant rights groups and five pregnant mothers who sued to protect birthright citizenship said Trump's order violates the plain text of the Constitution, common law history, Supreme Court precedent and more than a century of consistent practice.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Leaders must align their efforts but never relinquish their distinct accountabilities.—
Shivali Kukreja,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Harvard University’s endowment, worth $53.2 billion at the end of its 2024 fiscal year, for example, consists of roughly 14,600 distinct funds.—
Todd L. Ely,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Black-and-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black-and-white. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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