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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going
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as in dusk
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
watched as twilight descended and the woods fell silent
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Recent Examples of twilight
In challenging the 80-year-old incumbent, Vang hopes to channel frustration from young and progressive voters with establishment Democrats who serve for decades and into their twilight years.
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Russian defenses stretched for miles, forcing sapper teams to crawl on their stomachs at twilight to spot and disarm mines under enemy drone surveillance and artillery fire.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Even at age 33, approaching the twilight of his career, Ali was electromagnetic, drawing the crowd to its feet and polarizing its constituents all at once.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
By early November, Bootes will pretty much already be below the horizon at the end of evening twilight.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Russian defenses stretched for miles, forcing sapper teams to crawl on their stomachs at twilight to spot and disarm mines under enemy drone surveillance and artillery fire.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Even at age 33, approaching the twilight of his career, Ali was electromagnetic, drawing the crowd to its feet and polarizing its constituents all at once.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
By early November, Bootes will pretty much already be below the horizon at the end of evening twilight.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twilight
Noun
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The drop-in-the-dark attraction features randomized drop sequences that move much faster than Tower of Terror ever did.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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There’s one designed around when the sun sets and when there’s full dark.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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Protect yourself by avoiding the outdoors during dusk and dawn, when mosquito activity peaks.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Sep. 2025
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Rosh Hashanah, which celebrates the new year in Judaism, begins at sunset Monday and ends at dusk on Wednesday.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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After three and a half years of being a vice president that largely left her in the shadows, Harris spent several weeks on the campaign trail trying to reintroduce herself to the country in her own words.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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Charlie embarks on all sorts of dark heists, working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to do their bidding.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Most areas will be open from sunrise to sunset.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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What time is the sunset tonight?—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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The two-night WrestleMania 42 event occurs on Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Fritz’s Team World now has a 7-3 lead over Team Europe after seven matches, with five to play, including Saturday night’s doubles match.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Drew Helleson contributed a goal and two assists, matching the point total of his defense partner Jackson LaCombe’s three-assist evening.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, thunderstorms and summer weather disruptions are more common in the afternoon and evening.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
22 Sep. 2025
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Upon exposure to light — even regular daylight — punicin forms radicals, giving it properties that vary between light and darkness.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Instead, your brain increases melatonin production in response to darkness.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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The blue sky gave way to the blackness of space about 8 minutes and 4o seconds after leaving the ground.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But the town’s blackness isn’t just about coal—or, for that matter, about the police abuse Shinhye suffers there.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twilight. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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