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
Victor Cross worked in the family business - the British Chrome Tanning Company - in Northampton, before the war.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023
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 and leather-dressing are carried on at Niort and other places, and gloves are made at Niort.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
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