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Recent Examples of discoloration
Signs and symptoms of a Vibrio skin infection include fever, redness, pain, swelling, warmth, discoloration and discharge, per the CDC’s website.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Outside, shoes can fall victim to the rain, leading to mildew, discoloration, and in general, uncomfortably soaked shoes.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 July 2025
Cercospora fungi, on the other hand, are most common on plants like Swiss chard and beets and often cause leaf discoloration in addition to small leaf holes.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2025
The sun also helps to brighten your whites when air drying, but the key is to not air dry your clothes too long since the sun can then cause discoloration from the UV rays.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Outside, shoes can fall victim to the rain, leading to mildew, discoloration, and in general, uncomfortably soaked shoes.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 July 2025
Cercospora fungi, on the other hand, are most common on plants like Swiss chard and beets and often cause leaf discoloration in addition to small leaf holes.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2025
The sun also helps to brighten your whites when air drying, but the key is to not air dry your clothes too long since the sun can then cause discoloration from the UV rays.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discoloration
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The sharp microscopic pieces in DE cause abrasions in the soft bodies of chiggers and break down their protective exoskeleton.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
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Included in its sporty, minimalist remit is tennis, best manifested in these compression shorts made in New York from a Belgian technical fabric imbued with 4-way stretch, UV protection and abrasion resistance among other features.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
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Rethink And Define Your Network Architecture While a deep tech explanation is probably expected, in reality, the greatest value of this exercise is that the company has to rethink and define the architecture of its network solution from scratch.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Speaking of Cooper, his plan to build an oil company from scratch seemed to have some success at the end of the season.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
29 July 2025
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“Discoloration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discoloration. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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