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Recent Examples of sepia
Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
And yet, in today’s topical songs by legacy rock artists, such elements don’t heighten the immediacy of the day’s horrors but, rather, run them through a sepia-toned filter.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
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
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Noun
Bueno and Gonçalvez, beautifully drenched in sepia tones and framed by Joe Brainard and Herbert Migdoll’s subtly Spirographed backdrop, channel Paris, to be sure, and Joffrey himself.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
And yet, in today’s topical songs by legacy rock artists, such elements don’t heighten the immediacy of the day’s horrors but, rather, run them through a sepia-toned filter.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
Noun
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The nifty, svelte IIc model came with 128K in 1984 and was paired with a beautiful 9-inch monochrome monitor, although industry attention that year quickly shifted to the Mac.—
Jamie Lendino,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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Brecher captured the ionized glow of the distant nebula using a Celestron 14-inch EDGE HD telescope with a monochrome astronomy camera fitted with a series of narrowband filters in the skies over the city of Guelph,Canada, from March 8-13, 2026.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Rooms are in muted tones of grey, green, and dusky blue, and even the smallest have plenty of space with king-size beds and a table and chairs—the city views are more interesting, but the ones overlooking the courtyard have dinky Juliette balconies as a consolation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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First observed on Aug 19, 1991, the day commemorates the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed in 1837.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
30 July 2025
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And the massive collection of photographic plates the Harvard Computers used in their work began with a July 17, 1850 daguerreotype of the star Vega.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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This is small, beaver-dam-laden water with a sandy composition, and a few years ago, Kozminski caught a glimpse of something irregular sticking out of the sand.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some fruit trees might prefer wet weather and moist earth, but others will perform best with well-draining, sandy soil.—
Emily Hayes,
Martha Stewart,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In a file photo, Tina Peters, former Mesa County clerk, listens during her trial on March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Justice Department began releasing a huge cache of additional Epstein documents, videos and photos, though others remained under wraps.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Just Born produces roughly 2 billion Peeps per year, making the marshmallow chick America’s bestselling non-chocolate Easter candy for over two decades.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Peeps have held the title of most popular non-chocolate Easter candy for more than 20 years.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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During passage around the far side, about a quarter of the moon will be in sunlight, giving the astronauts a chance to observe, photograph and shoot video of features never before seen by human eyes.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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This serial presentation emphasized the relationship between the photographs rather than the singular sculpture pictured in each—a demonstration of her conviction that a successful artwork should change over time according to its own internal logic.—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Early salt damage often appears as pale, chalky blotches or uneven fading in the paint finish.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Longhorns became the first-double digit seed in this largely chalky tournament to get through the first two rounds.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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