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to give color or a different color to
dyed her hair a startling red
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Recent Examples of dyed
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Algae yarn, dyed with butterfly pea flower and red cabbage, is knitted despite its fragility.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
Each piece was dyed by hand, one by one, in a labor-intensive process that the artist describes as tactile and slow.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
On the outside, Scott used rustic leather that was then dyed.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
But if the Tide loses an ugly game at Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff, those dyed in houndstooth will get restless.
—Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2025
The historic firm, which started making tweed as camouflage in 1846, achieves an ombré effect with yarns that are dyed separately and then blended together.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
The exception to this generalization is Harris tweed, which is strictly defined by an Act of Parliament as being a pure virgin wool that has been spun, dyed, and then woven at home by craftspeople on Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2025
It is also dyed with natural cinnamon.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
However, buying organic bassinet sheets often gives you the peace of mind knowing they are unbleached, non-dyed and chemical-free.
—Verb
As is tradition on the third day of the Sydney Test, also known as the Pink Test, people wore pink shirts, dresses, hats, suits or even dyed their hair to show support for the McGrath Foundation.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for dyed
Adjective
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Among them is the question of whether to use stained parts of the haversacks — possibly containing blood — on the straps’ reverse side, or to cut around them entirely.—
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The stained glass traces a hierarchy from the current dean to the Crown and then to God.—
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Disagreement over the state’s economic health Little and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle painted diverging pictures of the state’s budget and economic prospects.—
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Trump administration officials painted Macklin Good as a domestic terrorist who had attempted to ram federal agents with her car.—
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Regardless, in what appears to be a marked act of aggression, the masked federal agent proceeds to curse at the driver and order her out of her car.—
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The department said that under California law, drivers must stop for pedestrians who are crossing the street in both marked and unmarked crosswalks.—
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The reduced pomegranate juice mixture creates a sticky sweet-tart sauce that’s richly colored and stunningly beautiful drizzled over the cheese.—
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The look relies on sharp, cat-eye liner and little to no face makeup other than cool contour and stone-colored lip liner.—
Adjective
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In addition to the mud and dirt, the slush contains salt and other chemicals that can fade fabrics, weaken fibers, and leave leather dry and discolored.—
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Meanwhile, other plants struggle when light levels drop in winter, developing spindly stems and discolored leaves.—
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The brand War Paint sells makeup products like concealer pens, tinted moisturizers and anti-shine powders that feature QR codes on the packaging.—
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Plus, check out Jennifer Aniston’s go-to tinted serum and other shopper-favorite OneSkin products, below.—
Adjective
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Both the sleeves and hem of the pullover are decorated with ribbing to add contrast to the plain knit of the body, and the yarn is flecked to add vintage charm to this high-quality sweater.—
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It was filled with two-page illustrations of long necks and sweeping ochre landscapes, with clever reptilian faces and sinuous tails, orange and green and flecked in black.—
Adjective
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Grating anything is usually a knuckle-threatening chore—but this stippled ceramic dish from Japan makes it into its own soothing ritual, turning a brown stem into liquidish gold with a few easy rubs.—
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The page squinted up at the nightingale, her dull feathers and stippled breast.—
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“Dyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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