- plural of white.
whites
Britishplural noun
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household linen or cotton goods, such as sheets
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white or off-white clothing, such as that worn for playing cricket
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an informal name for leucorrhoea
Example Sentences
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Look closely at Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of Japan's most famous works of art, and the brilliant whites seem almost painted onto the scene.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Since 2018, the California Beach Shark Safety program at Cal State Long Beach has tagged great whites in local waters and shared their locations with lifeguards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Children born to black Africans in America have earnings similar to those of whites in this country, and this phenomenon is led by second-generation women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“As a result of that, there were a lot of whites who didn’t like that—at all.”
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
While the whites boiled, I scrubbed a load of the kids’ dungarees and overalls.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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