as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
strange nocturnal noises emanated from the forbidding blackness of the forest
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Recent Examples of blackness
The thrill of pushing the pace on terrain that remained shrouded in blackness until illuminated two seconds before our wheels were suddenly navigating its rocks and cliffs and cactus pushed all else from the mental spotlight.
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 8 Dec. 2025
One hour becomes two, two become three, my mind straining for answers in the blackness.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Now, embracing chocolate nails is part of embracing our self-care, our boldness, and our blackness.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 8 Dec. 2025
One hour becomes two, two become three, my mind straining for answers in the blackness.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Now, embracing chocolate nails is part of embracing our self-care, our boldness, and our blackness.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackness
Noun
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Nocturnal tornadoes and tornado outbreaks What surprises many people isn’t just tornadoes – but tornadoes that hit after dark.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Sort your laundry — but not by color The once cardinal rule of separating darks from whites before washing them has flown the coop.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This sky-high figure indicates the display's deftness at producing deep blacks alongside bright whites, resulting in improved image quality in both light and dark scenes.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
7 Mar. 2026
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Cool tones are fading out in favor of warm, rich, glossy hues—think cashmere sand, polished copper, cocoa brown, and soft liquid black—that experts predict will dominate salons this season.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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They were hidden in DART’s original photos, but UMD researchers Tony Farnham and Juan Rizos developed techniques to remove shadows and lighting effects.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Titled ClairObscur, it was dedicated to illuminating forms of character through the exploration of shadows, in part inspired by the dramatic tenebrism of Caravaggio.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The brain has a master clock that is set by exposure to sunlight and darkness.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the darkness of a vacant parking lot outside Dell Children's Medical Center, more than 50 of Andres Vega's friends and family members extended their arms into the air Wednesday evening and sang his favorite spiritual song.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Vote counting would begin immediately after the ballot boxes are collected and transported to counting centers across the Himalayan nation, which could be as early as Thursday night.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Heat will travel to play the Hornets in Charlotte on Friday night on the back end of a back-to-back set.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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What's more, the space is now open from dawn to dusk rather than 24/7, and all animals must be kept on a leash.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
3 Mar. 2026
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Around dusk, the two climbers attached mechanical ascenders to it and, hanging upside down like tree sloths, made the long, slow traverse to my platform.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Study authors also found that, during twilight hours, every exposure taken will likely have at least one streak in it with these circumstances.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Messi, 38, is entering the twilight of his historic career, but remains one of the most popular athletes in the world — just ask his 511 million Instagram followers.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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Baker is quick to push back against some of the doom-and-gloom that hangs over the future of Olympic sports at the college level.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Elsewhere, stories of economic gloom – from galloping inflation to restaurant closures and the knock-on impact of severe tax increases – describe the many ways in which the prolonged war in Ukraine is now hitting Russians hard in the pocket at home.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Blackness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackness. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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