variants
or crepuscle
as in twilight
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day
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Noun
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In the black-and-white shot Earth is hanging in the pearly glow of the Martian twilight, the hilly horizon silhouetted at the bottom.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
9 Oct. 2025 -
But many attendees simply want to capture the fruits of Yamamoto’s twilight years before his eventual retirement, which is sure to leave a gaping void in fashion.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Movies will start 15 minutes after sunset.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Her mother, Kris Jenner, picks her up in a black convertible, and the pair drive off into the sunset.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With Thursday night's loss to the Bengals, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers are now 4-2 on the season.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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That same night, Clarkson's The Kelly Clarkson Show won in the Outstanding Daytime Talk Series category.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Every night after dusk, one of the world’s largest migrations begins, as deep sea creatures rise to the surface to feed.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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After Kibaki’s victory was declared, the president was inaugurated in a strange dusk ceremony that infuriated Odinga’s camp.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Crepuscule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crepuscule. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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