as in monochrome
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Recent Examples of sepia
The Weeknd’s maze at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights has an unsettling cocaine-freak-out energy that is a welcome counterbalance to mazes’ sepia tones and textbook monsters.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Benjamin wrote of the angel — a curly-haired seraph in sepia tones, arms raised in excitement or alarm — as facing the past while being driven toward the future by a storm too strong for his wings to beat against: the storm of progress.
—Emily Labarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Holmes accessorized with her sepia tinted aviators and a black beanie à la Timothée Chalamet à la Bob Dylan.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, in San Jose, Costa Rica (signified by the vaguely racist shift in sepia tone from bright-yellow to reddish-orange sepia), Kaitlyn and Byron are getting into some vintage CIA/cartel deal-making with Pablo Carrillo.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Benjamin wrote of the angel — a curly-haired seraph in sepia tones, arms raised in excitement or alarm — as facing the past while being driven toward the future by a storm too strong for his wings to beat against: the storm of progress.
—Emily Labarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Holmes accessorized with her sepia tinted aviators and a black beanie à la Timothée Chalamet à la Bob Dylan.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, in San Jose, Costa Rica (signified by the vaguely racist shift in sepia tone from bright-yellow to reddish-orange sepia), Kaitlyn and Byron are getting into some vintage CIA/cartel deal-making with Pablo Carrillo.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
Noun
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The actress took the monochrome route, wearing a sheer black blouse with long sleeves, a high neckline and a Lavallière detail.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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One of the key changes between the generations is the addition of an integrated monochrome display which sits in the top tube of the frame.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The 1846 daguerreotype, which captured her in her 70s, is by photographer John Plumbe Jr., who would also create the earliest extant image of the U.S. Capitol in 1846.—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
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But in a world where the spread of technology makes photo manipulation as easy as a tap on your phone, the idea that a visual image is an absolute truth is as outdated as the daguerreotype.—
Deepti Hajela,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2024
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There were no injuries or flooding, according to a Navy spokesperson, but a photo released by the Navy showed extensive damage to the side of the carrier.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2025
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On each coffin, a photo of one of the hostages was stapled to the side.—
Mohammad Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The photographs were taken by Jonathan Rach, who also filmed much of the trek for NIN’s 1997 documentary/concert film, Closure.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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The subway takeover is flanked by the launch of a one-of-a-kind art book conceived as a box with 30 Polaroid photographs of the same subjects, paying homage to Maripol’s signature art form.—
Martino Carrera,
WWD,
17 Feb. 2025
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Comparing an 1860s tintype with an 1890s gelatin silver studio print shows the evolution of photographic processes.—
Andrea Kaston Tange,
The Conversation,
6 May 2024
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The tintype is its opposite in every aspect: Its flattened quality and narrower tonal range are hallmarks of this less technically advanced photographic process.—
Andrea Kaston Tange,
The Conversation,
6 May 2024
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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