tanning
Americannoun
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the process or art of converting hides or skins into leather.
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a browning or darkening of the skin, as by exposure to the sun.
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Informal. a thrashing; whipping.
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Tanning bed usage before the age of 35 is associated with a 75% increase in the risk of melanoma, the most serious and frequently fatal form of skin cancer.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
"Tanning salons are selling a tan - we are not doctors. I think some of these claims are going too far," he adds.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Tanning with electrical tape was popularized by local starlet Anitta’s 2017 music video, and has become increasingly common in cities along Brazil’s long coastline.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2022
“Surrealism Beyond Borders,” the new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, shows off art by a substantial number of women — including Dorothea Tanning and Leonora Carrington.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021
Tanning, while done by the Eskimos of the upper Kazan, is not undertaken by the residents on Windy River.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis
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