as in paleness
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Recent Examples of pallor
His skin has the greyish pallor of spoiled beef, dotted with scabs and open wounds.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Outright racist commenters were also upset that Zegler, who has Colombian heritage, would be playing a character traditionally known for the pallor of her skin.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
Over the water the sky is glazed now with an Arctic pallor.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Outright racist commenters were also upset that Zegler, who has Colombian heritage, would be playing a character traditionally known for the pallor of her skin.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
Over the water the sky is glazed now with an Arctic pallor.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pallor
whiteness
Noun
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Henry initially felt anxious about others possibly perceiving her decision to go blonde as an attempt to emulate whiteness or as an expression of self-hate.—
Martine Thompson,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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Those words spoke to a long tradition of Creole men pilfering the privileges of whiteness in America.—
Darryl Barthé,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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“Pallor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pallor. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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