as in night
a time or place of little or no light
at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll
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Recent Examples of candlelight
As stocks continued to slide after markets opened, President Trump is speaking at a $1 million dollar-a-person candlelight dinner Friday at Mar-a-Lago, according to an invitation reviewed by CBS News.
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Arden Farhi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
The candlelight procession was one of the features of the annual winter concert.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Three days after the tragedy, Liam’s friends and family members gathered at the crash site for a candlelight vigil.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
The candlelight shows expand to more than 30 cities worldwide including Seoul, Osaka, Mumbai and also returns to Bath, U.K.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
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Arden Farhi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
The candlelight procession was one of the features of the annual winter concert.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Three days after the tragedy, Liam’s friends and family members gathered at the crash site for a candlelight vigil.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
The candlelight shows expand to more than 30 cities worldwide including Seoul, Osaka, Mumbai and also returns to Bath, U.K.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candlelight
Noun
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His coffin was officially sealed on Friday night in a liturgical rite led by the Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the church.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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Daboll was asked about that report on Friday night.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The lights and darks come preloaded with the drama of film noir, and stoke the mythology of Caravaggio as thuggish prodigy.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Gaga’s Mayhem didn’t end in tragedy: Both light and dark will always exist within Gaga.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The art can be viewed each evening at dusk through Wednesday.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some types of mosquitoes bite during the day, while others are more active at dusk and dawn.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That’s where the darkness comes in for her, and certainly her son.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Put all those elements together, and the show remained fun and witty and insightful despite all of its darkness because viewers never got attached to any one character.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.—
Taylor Jean Stephan,
Peoplemag,
31 Jan. 2023
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Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.—
Meg Donohue,
Town & Country,
31 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Perry and crew experienced a few minutes of weightlessness and got to see Earth against the blackness of space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The text gets smaller and quieter in the next three panels, followed by three extraordinary solid panels of inky blackness.—
Art Spiegelman,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Their paths crossed again when Slot returned to Zwolle in the twilight of his playing days after spells at NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The ostensible reason: Benedict didn’t want his physical deterioration to paralyze the church the way John Paul II’s Parkinson’s disease did during the twilight of a papacy that lasted more than a quarter of a century.—
Howard Chua-Eoan,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Her family was visiting at the time and a family member answered the telephone at midnight.—
Maureen Murphy,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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At midnight, new albums by one-third of boygenius, two-thirds of Carolina Chocolate Drops, and one-quarter of TV on the Radio were released.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Candlelight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candlelight. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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