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darkening

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verb

present participle of darken
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Recent Examples of darkening
Verb
The mood is darkening on Main Street, too. Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025 Colorado's economic outlook is darkening as federal policies cast a shadow over the state's financial future, according to two fresh forecasts from legislative economists and the governor's office. Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025 We were captivated by the main character facing a darkening world with youthful joyfulness and optimism. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025 That care-free spirit, as the film illustrates, hardly existed in a vacuum, emerging in part as a defiant response to darkening times. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025 As the mood of the play becomes more somber (complete with darkening sky, thunder, rain and wailing guitar), its purpose becomes clear. Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 But today, with both private equity and venture capital snared in a distribution drought, there might be a silver lining to darkening economic clouds. Dan Primack, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025 In rare cases, melanoma can also lead to these changes, usually darkening the hair in the affected area. Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025 The goal for both the score and the original songs is to effortlessly guide viewers through the darkening emotional undercurrents of each episode. Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkening
Adjective
  • Opening April 8, 2026 A blind date spirals spectacularly off the rails in Becky Shaw, the razor-sharp dark comedy from two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 June 2025
  • He was last seen wearing a light shirt and dark shorts.
    David Chiu, People.com, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • That said, the prevailing view of agents remains overly indexed on low-level implementation details, obscuring broader gaps that must be addressed for widespread adoption.
    Egor Pushkin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Millions of Americans may have the chance to witness a partial solar eclipse on March 29, when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, temporarily obscuring part of the solar disk.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The somewhat bleak outlook was laid bare Tuesday night after the USMNT was thrashed 4-0 by Switzerland during a friendly in Nashville.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
  • Instead of learning from this bleak recent history, Americans are now painfully absorbing this lesson by repeating it.
    Jonathan Haskel, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • The somber financial picture leaves the city caught between cutting services to the public and finding a way to raise money.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
  • The incident caused a somber scene near home plate, as Yankees teammates, coaches and personnel huddled around the always-affable 26-year-old before an ambulance took him off the field and to a nearby hospital.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • All that matters is whether Dance Mom, a character designed in a lab to be a depressing punchline, pulls in just enough of the always-online demo to boost their numbers among younger viewers.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 May 2025
  • Music was a way to showcase something that wasn’t depressing.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Additionally, those with restrictive calorie diets reported higher numbers of depressive symptoms, including low mood, low energy and sleep disturbances.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • Men with moderate or severe depressive symptoms were 62% times more likely to use intimate partner violence by 2022 compared to those who had not had these symptoms, while men with suicidal thoughts, plans or attempts were 47% times as likely, the study found.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • These photovoltaic panels are designed to generate renewable energy on-site, significantly reducing the building’s environmental impact while also lowering its operational costs.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • New Mexico policymakers can improve the state’s economy by lowering tax rates and reducing barriers to work.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Their reasoning is that these products are poisoning Americans.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • An Aurora dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife in 2023 allegedly tried to pay a fellow jail inmate $20,000 to kill the case's lead investigator, prosecutors said in court Friday.
    Axios Denver, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025

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