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- adjective having pale delicate colors
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Examples
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Walking down a runway designed to resemble a basketball court, the young models looked like cheerleaders in short pastel-colored frilly skirts and matching tops.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I don't remember much about it -- something about a girl with a magic rainbow and pastel-colored ponies with big hair -- but I did think it was good.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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In the far-flung town of Thiotte, located in the sliver of rainforest still left in Haiti, women in pastel-colored kerchiefs sit at outdoor tables piled high with pale dried Arabica coffee beans.
Marcia DeSanctis: On the Road in Haiti Marcia DeSanctis 2011
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A friend met me at the Ocean River Sports dock at noon; 30 minutes later, we crossed the runway and bee-lined for Fisherman's Wharf, a klatch of pastel-colored houseboats and floating restaurants on the edge of the Inner Harbour.
Victoria, By Sea Matt Villano 2011
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Just wait for the Towering Infernal of a Paulson-Portland Parking Plex to be revealed in some pince nez'd planner's pastel-colored public power point presentation, complete with a sacreligious Aaron Copeland soundtrack and the usual pre-paid phony cadre of politely enthusiastic front-and-back-row applausers.
Study: Lents baseball stadium would draw crummy crowds (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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I don't remember much about it -- something about a girl with a magic rainbow and pastel-colored ponies with big hair -- but I did think it was good.
Asteroids Movie? 2009
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Throughout this conversation, Andrea Correa has been quietly weighing dollops of sesame paste and jotting down the quantities in her pastel-colored notebook.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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One year my little bro poured out his bag of candies and found (among the usual) a penny, a walnut and a plastic Easter egg filled with pastel-colored malted eggs.
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An old Italian colonial building that Libyan government officials said was bombed Monday appeared half gone, with piles of rubble strewn about its elegant, pastel-colored archways.
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One year my little bro poured out his bag of candies and found (among the usual) a penny, a walnut and a plastic Easter egg filled with pastel-colored malted eggs.
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