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
Cut by hand, often by candlelight in the early days, the diamonds may have visible imperfections in their preparation, but the results often are described by designers as softer, more romantic stones.
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Jill Newman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Set up a candlelight picnic or a cook a romantic dinner at home
Use brown paper or compostable wrapping paper for your gifts.
—Martha Shade, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.
—Sandy Tolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
In the week since Victor was shot, community members have held protests calling for police accountability and a candlelight vigil outside the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello to mourn the teenage boy.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 14 Apr. 2025
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Jill Newman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Set up a candlelight picnic or a cook a romantic dinner at home
Use brown paper or compostable wrapping paper for your gifts.
—Martha Shade, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.
—Sandy Tolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
In the week since Victor was shot, community members have held protests calling for police accountability and a candlelight vigil outside the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello to mourn the teenage boy.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candlelight
Noun
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There were silent Sunday night dinners at restaurants and essentially no contact with any extended relatives.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The Friday night menu features a choice from two main courses and dessert, packed and ready to go.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
20 May 2025
Noun
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And although California dealt with brief rolling blackouts during an August 2020 heat wave, the power grid has been remarkably stable the last few years, thanks in part to an influx of large-scale, lithium-ion batteries that store solar energy for after dark.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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Taking a dark, in depth look at Vecna’s origins with spectacular on stage visuals, this show is everything a Stranger Things fan is looking for.—
Alicia Lansom,
Refinery29,
31 Mar. 2025
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That striking setting is first seen at dusk in a sequence whose fusion of poetry, tradition, kinship and omen sets the mood for what follows, as does the plangent lyricism of the (uncredited) score’s oud.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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The post included photos of the actress stepping into a turquoise ocean and looking off into the sunset, as well as glimpses of Theroux, first walking down a garden pathway at dusk and then spending time in a hot tub.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Those teams played in the Lions Tournament and tied when the game was called on account of darkness.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2025
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That makes aurora possible in the hours of darkness in timezones throughout North America.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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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
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Flying your favorite spacecraft is as simple as plopping down in the captain’s chair to engage in some hairy dogfights and clandestine patrols over strange worlds or the inky cosmic blackness as the gameplay shifts from a standard FPS to a third-person perspective.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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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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But not just because of its stunning cast: set in the twilight of the Gilded Age, when a murder strikes the estate of an eccentric and failing tycoon, that era’s biggest celebrities make an appearance as well.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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For some inside the Capitol, Kehoe’s involvement in the twilight of the legislative session poses a big test of the new governor’s political clout after spending years as a prominent Jefferson City businessman.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2025
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Connections is released at midnight in your time zone.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Premiere Date, Episode Release Schedule Overcompensating premieres Friday, May 15, at midnight PT/3 a.m.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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“Candlelight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candlelight. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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