as in paleness
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Noun
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Over the water the sky is glazed now with an Arctic pallor.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025 -
This at a time when a sluggish box office and a lack of employment in onscreen entertainment has already given the business a sickly Nosferatu-like pallor.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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All of that might be worth exploring in the show, but that’s not the case being made in the Instagram comments, which continue to emphasize the importance of Snape’s whiteness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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This is because the appeal and societal acceptance of straight hair is inextricably linked to a proximity to whiteness, which to some, lands as the antithesis to the natural hair movement as a whole.—
Tayler Adigun,
Essence,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Pastiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastiness. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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