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
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I frosted the cake with a Swiss meringue buttercream that required bringing egg whites and sugar together over a pot of simmering water and then whisking it into stiff peaks.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
In 2000-19, the prison-admission rate for violent crime dropped 20% for whites, 43% for blacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A more mature batting style in whites this summer has also been noted.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
At a trendy wine bar in Kyiv, locals pop by to sip Zakarpattia whites or get a bottle of wine into the late summer evening.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nathaniel Bacon was a white property owner in Jamestown, Virginia, who managed to unite slaves, indentured servants, and poor whites in a revolutionary effort to overthrow the planter elite.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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