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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Their views on the economy's trajectory have darkened, with only 25 percent saying in September that things were getting better, down from 28 percent in August.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025 -
Fonda arrived in Rome with his blue eyes darkened by contact lenses, the better to convey malevolence.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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West 65th Street closed in Shawnee The road is closed from Shawnee Mission Parkway West to I-435 North in Shawnee.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Other stores in the same Garden City business complex have closed in the last year.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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Even with nearly a quarter of the country blacked out due to affiliate preemptions — protests and temper tantrums by station groups and owners, basically — Jimmy Kimmel Live!—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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The surge in online viewership is partly because Kimmel’s show has been blacked out by Nexstar and Sinclair.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Dusked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusked. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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