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Recent Examples of sepia
Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
The light is too harshly angled and full of diodes, too precise, too careful and still somehow not careful enough, not surreal, sepia and tender enough.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Cyclists have always adapted to a variety of terrain, as those old, sepia-tone photographs of the Tour de France from the early 1900s will attest.
—Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
Noun
Hermanus again shows highly polished craftsmanship, adding the subtlest hint of sepia tones to evoke the period in the early sections, but never to the point where the characters compete with the settings.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
The light is too harshly angled and full of diodes, too precise, too careful and still somehow not careful enough, not surreal, sepia and tender enough.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
Adjective
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The first stop is the entryway, featuring a gray stone coffee table and the softest curved furniture, making the atmosphere warm and inviting.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 July 2025
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Powell arrived to The Wimbledon Championships in a light gray Brunello Cucinelli suit in a subtle woven plaid.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Bathroom design varies from stone to monochrome marble tiles.—
Helen Iatrou,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2025
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Vital statistics, including speed, are displayed on a small monochrome LCD located beneath the lip of the small bug screen atop the handlebars.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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If lazing on a sandy beach is a requirement for your summer vacation, away from the overpopulated Mediterranean resorts, Spain has a vast coastline that is not only virtually unspoiled but is also relatively undiscovered by tourists from outside Spain.—
Fiona Govan,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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The resort is situated near Playa Linda, a mostly undeveloped and clear sandy beach with blue waters and palm trees.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The daguerreotype of John C. Calhoun was what led Shumard to hunt down other early prints in the museum’s collections.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Not everyone could make a daguerreotype, but nearly everyone could own one.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Mendoza was seen smirking in his arrest photo, seeming to be unfazed by his capture.—
Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
15 July 2025
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Culpo also heaped praise on her co-parent, McCaffrey, in a series of additional photos on her Instagram stories.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Participants were presented with a series of experimental questions along with two facial photographs, one of a bearded face and another of a non-bearded one.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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In the photograph’s pinprick sharpness, the few big houses that survive stand out on the fringe of hills at the edge of town.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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In his post-game meeting with reporters, New York coach Tom Thibodeau looked ashen and was at loss for explaining what unfolded.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 May 2025
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The urologist’s face, lit by the glow of these images, was ashen.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The tintype format was introduced by chemist and physicist Hamilton Smith in 1856.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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