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 building jolts and is cloaked in blackness.
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Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
Only his beard breaks the blackness, the white cascading down his vestments.
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Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
In it, a crescent of Earth’s blue vitality hovers amid the blackness of space, above a high-definition brownish gray wasteland of lunar craters.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for blackness
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
Only his beard breaks the blackness, the white cascading down his vestments.
—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
In it, a crescent of Earth’s blue vitality hovers amid the blackness of space, above a high-definition brownish gray wasteland of lunar craters.
—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for blackness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackness
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Stilla handles the all-day and the after-dark with a tight list of spritzes and Bellinis plus a crisp food menu featuring lobster and classic sandwiches, solid burgers, and a genuinely good vegan club.
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Be sure to check out the Vewolight Solar Rain Gauge, which adds a warm glow after dark and helps track rainfall.
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Suddenly, stickers with red, purple or orange edges became especially sought-after, and collectors have put huge bounties on ultra-rare, black-bordered, 1-of-1s — as in, one in the world — depicting Messi, Ronaldo, Lamine Yamal and other big stars.
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The result is a black that creates a ‘black-hole’ effect of virtually no reflected light at all.
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However long and tangled her rap sheet, Sugar sees her illuminatory potential through the grime and shadows of an unforgiving film-noir cityscape.
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The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.
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This allows the robot to operate autonomously in complete darkness, harsh sunlight, and rapidly changing lighting conditions while maintaining accurate mapping, obstacle detection, and path planning for uninterrupted inspections and patrols.
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The most beautiful of all the zodiacal constellations is now visible, low toward the south-southeast as darkness falls.
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While Rosario’s error was the only mishap that came back to bite Schlittler, the club didn’t play the cleanest game throughout the night.
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Lionel Messi and Argentina will return to DFW on Saturday night for their final group stage match against Jordan.
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Avoid being outdoors at dawn and dusk.
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Honeysuckle The warm, heady, floral scent of honeysuckle, which is strongest at dusk, is instantly recognizable, and the romantically rambling vines and tubular blooms make the climbing varieties cottage-garden classics.
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During totality, daylight fades into twilight, temperatures drop, bright planets appear, and the sun’s delicate outer atmosphere — the corona — becomes visible to the naked eye.
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And which league would best suit the now 34-year-old in the twilight of his career?
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The Los Angeles guitarist and songwriter touches on grief, rejection, and love in lo-fi shoegaze songs that package sunny melodies with comforting gloom.
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June gloom is nearly behind us, and Danielle Dorsey has a guide to 7 new rooftop restaurant and bars.
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“Blackness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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