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Recent Examples of snow-white
Vince Mulcahy, who sports a snow-white mustache and a slate-gray hunting vest, grew up in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026
The two-mile loop takes between two and three hours to complete and provides expansive views of the rippling snow-white gypsum dunes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Not with this Rollie, whose abyss-black or snow-white dial hosts three hands and hour markers that, like a bioluminescent deep-sea creature, emit a blue glow in the absence of light.
—Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
The only guards on duty today are hat-tipping doormen ushering guests into snow-white corridors lined with gold.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
On one side stood a dozen or so cages occupied by snow-white rats.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
To add to her icy look, her waterline and inner corners are brightened with a snow-white shadow and liner combo.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026
Bone-in ham steak flops over the rim of its plate, and the table surface is erased when an entrée’s sidekicks — yeast-fragrant rolls the size of baseballs, a green salad practically obscured by a snow-white dollop of the house dressing — are dropped off.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026
The two-mile loop takes between two and three hours to complete and provides expansive views of the rippling snow-white gypsum dunes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Not with this Rollie, whose abyss-black or snow-white dial hosts three hands and hour markers that, like a bioluminescent deep-sea creature, emit a blue glow in the absence of light.
—Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
The only guards on duty today are hat-tipping doormen ushering guests into snow-white corridors lined with gold.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
On one side stood a dozen or so cages occupied by snow-white rats.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
To add to her icy look, her waterline and inner corners are brightened with a snow-white shadow and liner combo.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026
Bone-in ham steak flops over the rim of its plate, and the table surface is erased when an entrée’s sidekicks — yeast-fragrant rolls the size of baseballs, a green salad practically obscured by a snow-white dollop of the house dressing — are dropped off.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snow-white
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The winters were too cold and snowy for the local high school to field a baseball team, but Bill, who stood 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, was a gifted outfielder and honed his skills in sandlot games during the summer.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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The increase in ticks is due to the snowier winter, which helped insulate the ticks from cold air, according to Smith.—
Charlotte Maracina,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Across the street, through a thick tangle of forest, the Khodymchuks’ building stood tall and gray in the snow.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Out of the bloodstains shone a pair of bright blue eyes, and a heart was beating under the pallid skin that looked several sizes too big.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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While visiting Malta with Prince Philip in 1951, the late monarch wore a pale purple beaded gown and fur stole.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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Raspberries won't ripen after being picked, so be careful not to choose underripe ones that are pale.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to Newsweek, the overall score was composed of 80% from survey results, and 20% from social listening analysis, which analyzed media coverage and online discussion to assess whether public sentiment was positive, neutral or negative.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The battle was fought during the Napoleonic Wars, as Britain attacked Denmark to break a neutral alliance with other European powers that threatened British naval supremacy.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The book portrays the city as a liminal metropolis where the line demarcating business and crime has been worn faint by heavy footfall from both directions.—
Mark O’Connell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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That's a whopping 500-meter--wide (1,640-foot) dish, ideal for picking up faint signals from far away.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Just seven days’ exposure to shipping noise weakens the immune systems of blue mussels; but a process called acoustic enrichment, broadcasting the sound of a healthy reef, can attract marine life back to a bleached one, restitching the acoustic fabric of an entire ecosystem.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Nicholas Hoult beams with his bleached hair and Prada button-up courtside at the Lakers versus Cleveland Cavaliers game in Los Angeles on March 31.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Snow-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snow-white. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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