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Recent Examples of crepuscular
Smith, who at 36 has reached the crepuscular stage of his career, was emotional following the game.
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Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
And his use of color — bold reds, crepuscular blues, hopeful yellows — is impossible to forget.
—Ernesto Lechner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
As crepuscular animals, felines are most active at dawn and dusk, which their ancestors used to their advantage to hunt in the wild, according to an article from the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
My most recent encounter with a crepuscular animal came about 5 a.m. yesterday in the comfort of my bed.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
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Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
And his use of color — bold reds, crepuscular blues, hopeful yellows — is impossible to forget.
—Ernesto Lechner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
As crepuscular animals, felines are most active at dawn and dusk, which their ancestors used to their advantage to hunt in the wild, according to an article from the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
My most recent encounter with a crepuscular animal came about 5 a.m. yesterday in the comfort of my bed.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crepuscular
Adjective
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Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
28 Jan. 2023
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Zegler is the true find, a marvelous singer and a radiant persona, and Spielberg and Kaminski film her like a bright flare in a twilit ocean; her sheer presence papers over some of the more facile aspects of Maria’s characterization.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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When the summer heat creeps to unbearable temperatures, pre-dawn and post-dusk become the most appealing times to run.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
1 Aug. 2022
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Mylar space blankets draped across their shoulders glistened a surreal golden hue as the vessel’s blinding strobe lights illuminated the post-dusk spectacle.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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While a white shark’s fin is triangular, a dusky shark’s fin slopes and curves.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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Green has a toothier texture and fresher flavor; red is saucier with dusky, earthen undertones.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Its 19th-century spire lit up like a matchstick against the darkling sky, its tip cracking and plunging through the ceiling.—
Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Such black holes would be extremely hard to spot and thus might account for some or all of the universe’s dark matter—an invisible, lightless something that seems to act like gravitational glue, binding together galaxies and galaxy clusters.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
4 June 2026
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Oh, and the grief was almost a person of its own, darkening the minds of some of the characters as much as any lightless corridor could darken a space.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But although her account of America’s origins was extremely gloomy, Hannah-Jones also offered a more optimistic view of the country’s progress through the ensuing centuries.—
Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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When the mood is gloomy, people tend to cut back on travel, dining out and big purchases.—
Staff reports,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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There’s a somber scene in a new documentary about Patrick Kelly, where executive producers Jess Manning and Ray Cornelius are at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, about to dive into research about the late fashion designer.—
Bianca Betancourt,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
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“Crepuscular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crepuscular. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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