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as in silver
of the color gray
the gray elephant and the gaudily dressed circus performer created a striking contrast
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as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
a gray rainy day
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also grey
as in to get along
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Recent Examples of gray
Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Her father, wearing a gray beret, an orange shirt and what appeared to be gray slacks, came on screen and mouthed the next bridge of the song.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
This explains why people tend to experience graying, then thinning hair.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 21 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Among the many characters in the mural are: a gray cat perched in a tree; a white-and-black dog digging excitedly in the grass; a nonchalant orange cat lounging without a care; a dachshund mid-chase after a ball; and a black cat leaping into the air, back arched in dramatic flair.
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Supervisor Holly Mitchell warned the region was unprepared for a future in which the county was routinely blackened by wildfire, while the people who called it home were rapidly graying.
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Adjective
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In March 2019, Brittany Hill was holding her child, Ja-Miley Jones, and speaking to her boyfriend on North Mason Avenue when a silver sedan pulled up.—
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Lawrence was sparkling like a disco ball in a silver sequined high-neck gown.—
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The Page Turner sees the Page family consumed by the literary world — each in their own way — as its dark, foundational secret runs the risk of exposure.—
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While the app only went dark for a matter of a day or so in the U.S., it was removed from the Apple and Google app stores for weeks, because federal law could have seen Apple or Google penalized for distributing it.—
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Amazing how well business people get along with one another!—
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Sources say the actresses got along well during production, and things only got awkward during the run-up to release.—
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.—
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The coming-of-age story finds a new generation of young women in Gilead, grappling with the bleak future that awaits them.—
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Stocks had sold off sharply last Friday, amid growing uncertainty on U.S. trade policy and a bleak inflation outlook.—
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After Uncle Sam got on the motorcycle, as previously seen on every night of both residencies, there was an edit, and then a cut right to the skeletal avatar driving around a neon cartoon rendering of the streets of Las Vegas.—
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Then gets ready for the show with soundcheck etc, then meets dozen of fans, then meets radio people and then goes out and sings her heart out for 2 hours, then gets on the bus and on to the next city for a repeat.—
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Over the years, the production of melanin (the natural pigment that gives color to our skin, hair, and body) is eroded and gives manes a more transparent, grayish tint.—
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The sky rolled in grayish black off the water, lightning cracked and thunder clapped.—
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Being lonely is terrible for a person’s mental health.—
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The results were conclusive: More than two-thirds (69%) of seniors felt lonely a majority of the time (50% of the time or more) before moving into a senior living community.—
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“Gray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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