whiteness

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Recent Examples of whiteness The pursuit of perfection, in this case, is also tied to proximity to whiteness. Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026 Ilko argues that the players’ respective physical features challenged the prevailing European system that emphasized whiteness. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026 Maintaining Whiteness Over Time One of the biggest challenges of owning white clothes is maintaining their whiteness. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026 Some resins require higher temperatures for curing which can affect whiteness as well. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for whiteness
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Noun
  • Some of the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia include fatigue, weakness and paleness.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, paleness, and a rapid heart rate.
    Peter Pressman, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The pallor of mortality is a reminder, for some, of the heat wave in the summer of 2003, when nearly fifteen thousand people perished in France.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • The underlying songwriting is impulsive, but many tracks adopt a deliberately sedate mood or sort through dense clusters of cut-up loops, and Alfa’s spatialization gives the album a pallor that can resemble brain fog.
    H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026

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“Whiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiteness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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