as in darkened
to grow dark
the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness
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Place wings, skin side down, on unlit side of grill; cover and grill, undisturbed, until darkened in color and cooked through, about 20 minutes.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025 -
Political action committees have circulated push polls falsely suggesting Mamdani intends to make halal mandatory, and attack ads have darkened and elongated his beard to evoke the visual coding of menace.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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But a quagmire of launch delays, changes to mission plans and other quirks of timing left the orbiters without a ride when the last Mars transfer window closed in late 2024.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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By Bay City News All lanes of Interstate Highway 80 were reopened in Fairfield on Saturday morning after being closed in the eastbound direction, according to the California Highway Patrol.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Dusked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusked. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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