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as in matte
lacking a surface luster or gloss
it might be best to paint the exposed pipes with a dulled enamel
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as in faded
lacking intensity of color
the dulled colors and brownish tones are characteristic of this painter's works
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as in blunted
lacking sharpness of edge or point
the dulled blade of a knife that had been stored in a drawer full of miscellaneous utensils
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as in reduced
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better
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as in bleached
to make white or lighter by removing color
the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time
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Adjective
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But unlike most matte lip products, this viral formula doesn't feel drying on the lips, courtesy of a whole host of skin-loving ingredients such as vitamin E, cotton seed oil, green tea oil and mango oil.—
Denise Primbet,
Glamour,
23 Dec. 2024 -
In one snap, their son, Bronze, 2, smiles in the front seat of a mini, matte black Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon.—
Emma Aerin Becker,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
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The image that really got me on social media this week was a faded photo of a man and woman, standing on what looks like the front steps of their home.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Bureau told the story of a spy adrift, working in the shadow of a faded empire.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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Lepers’s case study offers a test of whether the same is true in your 50s, or whether the body’s adaptive potential is so blunted that some of the losses become permanent.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
23 Dec. 2024
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On a third day, exercising afterwards blunted my Lingo Count by a few points.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN,
29 Nov. 2024
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Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Birdie wore a coordinating one-piece swimsuit in the same color, paired with pale pink cowboy boots.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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While tariffs offer a quick, broad response to unfair trade practices, they're often criticized as too blunt an instrument.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Officers found Mary Ogle dead inside the house with apparent blunt force trauma, police said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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The final amount could be affected by two factors — the number of claims and how much of the settlement fund is reduced to cover legal fees and costs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Liver damage can be reduced if the person stops drinking.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Hollis brightened the beige-on-beige hallway entrance to her apartment by hanging a wreath of flowers on her brown door.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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Hotter and brighter than the sun The OGLE data revealed several objects in the LMC and SMC that brightened by between 10 and 20 times over the course of a few months.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Dune: Part Two, another fantasy of third-world power struggle, is dull but dedicated to globalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Dulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dulled. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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