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as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
her mealy complexion might be OK if she were a mime, but she isn't
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as in fake
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
a mealy apology that was really no apology at all
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Recent Examples of mealy
The peanuts were more mealy than buttery.
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Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 19 Aug. 2020
Our first trip to the grocery store just to buy a watermelon was thrilling, even if the fruit was mealy.
—Stephanie Atlan, ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023
Starchy, mealy-textured potatoes give gnocchi a lite and tender bite.
—Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
Cold temperatures kill flavor and cause tomatoes to develop a mealy texture.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
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Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 19 Aug. 2020
Our first trip to the grocery store just to buy a watermelon was thrilling, even if the fruit was mealy.
—Stephanie Atlan, ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023
Starchy, mealy-textured potatoes give gnocchi a lite and tender bite.
—Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
Cold temperatures kill flavor and cause tomatoes to develop a mealy texture.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
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Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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That pallid face hadn’t smelled of evil in the least.Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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The source of those flames: a Christmas celebration that climaxes with ten helicopters dropping fake snow on the partygoers, a stunt that turns out to be a bad idea because of strong winds and some not-up-to-code fire extinguishers.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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After 1935, duck and goose hunters were limited to fake decoys.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Zoom out: Both totals pale in comparison to spending in swing states.Adam Tamburin, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her daughter was breathing heavily, hunched over in pain, pale in the face.Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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On Thursday, Maluma celebrated the release of the new single by driving a double decker bus around his hometown of Medellín, Colombia.Thania Garcia, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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The album marked the musician’s first since his half of Outkast’s 2003 Grammy-winning double LP, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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While lip reading is commonly used as a way for those with hearing disabilities to understand speech and conversations, it’s also called upon for legal matters and police investigations.Emily Holgate, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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Also, lip skin is thinner, making blood vessels more apparent.Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
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The series intends Penn to be a contrast point, to make her smooth wheeling and dealing feel artificial compared with Wyler’s more passionate righteousness, but her presence ends up emphasizing how hollow Wyler’s character actually feels.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Cotton fibers are hollow inside, and carry a slight negative charge.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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Leighton Meester and Luke Cook star as sibling detectives who don’t always see eye-to-eye, working together to solve crimes – and the strained relationship with their police chief father (Clancy Brown).Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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In the memoir, which came out on Nov. 19, White provided some insight about the strained relationship.Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The in-season tourney is, objectively, a meaningless competition.Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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In truth, base clocks are nearly meaningless today and have been for more than a decade now, as the boost or turbo clock typically determines a CPU’s max operating frequency.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Mealy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mealy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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