Etymology
Origin of whiteness
before 1000; Middle English whitenes, Old English hwītnes. See white, -ness
Example Sentences
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"Once you go inside the continent, there is nothing. It's just a big, vast expanse of whiteness and there is no life," Tordeur said.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
Even when it doesn’t affect the plot directly, it’s the canvas the story is painted on, its whiteness of an intensity not otherwise seen on the screen, except in starship hallways.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
"Their hearts must have sunk seeing this black flag against the whiteness of Antarctica," said David Waterhouse, curator of the polar museum at SPRI.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025
Their non-Jewishness, their non-otherness, their whiteness, their musical career, and their father’s birthplace—in a region that changed nationalities but ended up in Italy—enabled the family’s relatively smooth immigration process.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2025
The northern sunshine seemed to pick up faint particles of whiteness floating in the air and powdering the sleek blue sky.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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