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Recent Examples of sepia
Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
The light is too harshly angled and full of diodes, too precise, too careful and still somehow not careful enough, not surreal, sepia and tender enough.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Cyclists have always adapted to a variety of terrain, as those old, sepia-tone photographs of the Tour de France from the early 1900s will attest.
—Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
Noun
Hermanus again shows highly polished craftsmanship, adding the subtlest hint of sepia tones to evoke the period in the early sections, but never to the point where the characters compete with the settings.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
The light is too harshly angled and full of diodes, too precise, too careful and still somehow not careful enough, not surreal, sepia and tender enough.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
Adjective
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Sasha stood in the middle, wearing a gray suit and tan shoes.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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Symptoms include coughing or gagging, frothing at the mouth, blue/gray gums and shallow or rapid breathing.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
Noun
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The post was a calm image that’s minimal yet commanding, with clean typography and a modern monochrome palette that suggests both intellectual depth and style authority.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
29 July 2025
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The three characters, who make up the Monsters Cereal lineup, are each in their signature look: Count Chocula sports his brown cape, Boo Berry wears his yellow hat and red bow-tie, and Franken Berry is decked out in his monochrome strawberry-pink ensemble.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Start your adventure at Lovers Key, a collection of barrier islands with 2 miles of sandy beach.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 Aug. 2025
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The resort has its own sandy beach (the Okanagan’s only private beach that’s licensed to serve alcohol) plus docks for boating.—
Johanna Read,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
Noun
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But the daguerreotype had already captured the world’s imagination.—
Anika Burgess
July 17,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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The daguerreotype of John C. Calhoun was what led Shumard to hunt down other early prints in the museum’s collections.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Coupled with modern photos of addicts struggling with addiction, Flischel uses Hearn’s words to create a harrowing account, something common throughout the pages of his historical photo book.—
Otto Rabe,
The Enquirer,
27 July 2025
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Halfway through the credits of 2020's Hubie Halloween, those behind the film incorporated a photo of Boyce alongside a touching message.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Newman and Curtin also were responsible for one of the night's most moving moments, holding up a photograph of the late Gilda Radner during the cast's goodbyes at the end of the show.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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While posing for photographs following the ceremony, the newlywed showed off a chunky platinum band sitting alongside her diamond solitaire engagement ring.—
Emily Chan,
Vogue,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
13 Jan. 2025
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In his post-game meeting with reporters, New York coach Tom Thibodeau looked ashen and was at loss for explaining what unfolded.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Rounding out the lineup is their younger sister Daryl and her boyfriend, Joey—also in vintage-style tintype attire.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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