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to give color or a different color to
dyed her hair a startling red
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Recent Examples of dyed
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
Think of it like showing up to your 25th high school reunion and seeing people who have put on weight, dyed their hair and started wearing tinted contacts.
—Kyle B. Enfield, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2026
Eggs may be dyed one color, with designs created by scratching the egg with a sharp tool to reveal the white eggshell beneath.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
My kids stamped, dyed, experimented, and ended the day with scarves of their own design.
—Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2026
Many parts of the world will look a bit greener today as people don the color to celebrate the holiday — including the Chicago River, famously dyed a vivid emerald each year.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
And in the nation’s third-largest city, home to one of the most rambunctious celebrations of the holiday, young partygoers were eager to swagger between bars and parties with the drinks, usually dyed kelly green.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Leave a few eggs partially dyed and then cover just the colored part with glitter for a cool effect.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
The textiles are all dyed with botanical dyes.
—Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
However, buying organic bassinet sheets often gives you the peace of mind knowing they are unbleached, non-dyed and chemical-free.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Both pieces are made with a PFD ecru base dyed gray or pink.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
Think of it like showing up to your 25th high school reunion and seeing people who have put on weight, dyed their hair and started wearing tinted contacts.
—Kyle B. Enfield, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2026
Eggs may be dyed one color, with designs created by scratching the egg with a sharp tool to reveal the white eggshell beneath.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
My kids stamped, dyed, experimented, and ended the day with scarves of their own design.
—Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2026
Many parts of the world will look a bit greener today as people don the color to celebrate the holiday — including the Chicago River, famously dyed a vivid emerald each year.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
And in the nation’s third-largest city, home to one of the most rambunctious celebrations of the holiday, young partygoers were eager to swagger between bars and parties with the drinks, usually dyed kelly green.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Leave a few eggs partially dyed and then cover just the colored part with glitter for a cool effect.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
The textiles are all dyed with botanical dyes.
—Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dyed
Adjective
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Inside, there are 13 stained glass windows alternating in red or blue color with white limestone walls in between.—
Nikki DeMentri,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Firefighters made a hole with an axe just above the entrance to let the thick black smoke flow out and to avoid breaking the eight stained glass windows along the sides of the structure.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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David Contreras, the letter said, painted a drastically different picture of Eric, as a violent man who struggled with mental health issues.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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The land recreates Arendelle around a lagoon, its timber buildings painted in muted Scandinavian pastels, facades adorned with rosemaling, a traditional Norwegian decorative art.—
Thomas Adamson,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Nearly two dozen marked and unmarked police cars from different agencies were involved in the chase at some point.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s new ruler is already a marked man.—
Eric Lob,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While the movie has some fun asking whether people actually want to know everything about their partners (a devil’s bargain since time immemorial), its real interest lies in how that knowledge is colored by who shares it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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The organ that colored all the earlier tales of youthful exuberance now plays a funeral dirge.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But even as these programs help rural towns and cities incrementally fix and upgrade drinking water systems, Hoosiers like Hobbs and Davis still face discolored water running from their taps.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
31 Mar. 2026
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Images from inside Temple Israel following the attack earlier this month show scorched hallways, charred and discolored group photos on the wall and meals left behind — macaroni and cheese, grapes and cookies partially eaten on wooden tables with toddler-size chairs.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Backpacks, camera cases, tinted plastic bags and other oversized totes and purses are not permitted.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Mejia’s legal team also treated her to a salon appointment, where her hair was cut and tinted.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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To gently ease into the longer, brighter days ahead, try our dill-flecked, lighter-and-brighter take on chicken and biscuits.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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Behind them a young man with a paint-flecked beard followed the designer about the set, twitching the hem of the velvet curtains hung at the window and rearranging the ornaments on the mantelpiece.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Grating anything is usually a knuckle-threatening chore—but this stippled ceramic dish from Japan makes it into its own soothing ritual, turning a brown stem into liquidish gold with a few easy rubs.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
19 Nov. 2025
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The page squinted up at the nightingale, her dull feathers and stippled breast.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Dyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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