white
adjective
of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
half-white
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a word derived from
white.
Example Sentences
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She was carrying an upside-down American flag attached to the Mexican flag because she’s half-white and half-Mexican.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025
Anna, half-Korean, half-white, is 13 when adopted from Seoul in 1977.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Thompson, who is half-Navajo and half-white, has never been shy about his heritage, but over the years, it’s an aspect of himself that he has grown more comfortable sharing in his music.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Before that asymmetry, she always identified as a half-white girl.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2021
Far out in the river I could see the half-white, half-black head of balding old Mama Lalaba, who must have decided crocodiles were preferable to death by nsongonya.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
