duskiness

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Noun
  • The aurora australis can be seen below as a stream of green and pink light hovering over our planet against the blackness of space.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 May 2026
  • The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The dimness of the shuttle gallery also assists in the immersive fantasy, both as an artistic choice and a practical one due to the shuttle’s sensitivity to light.
    Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • Colors are accurate and saturated, doing justice to the bright vibrance of Frieren on Crunchyroll on my iPad Air and the dark gloominess of Ball x Pit on my Switch 2 via an adapter.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
  • His gloominess seemed to make no sense.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Labour has been plunged into gloom by heavy losses last week in local elections across England and legislative votes in Scotland and Wales.
    Jill Lawless, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • The high summer gloom magnified the nightmarish fairytale of it all.
    Eli Raphael, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • The Cubs did not officially make a roster move to add Riley to their active roster because of the murkiness of whether the game would be played.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Mahan and Villaraigosa are the only two Democrats who have publicly called to roll back regulations on the state’s oil and gas market, illustrating the political murkiness at the nexus of California’s climate and affordability challenges.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Does that lead to a kind of obscurity?
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • Chambliss routinely produced explosive, clutch plays, overcoming his less-than-ideal size (6-foot-1, 200 pounds) and emerging from a relative obscurity in ways that captured fans' imagination.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • In 1848, the landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing observed that places like Green-Wood and Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston did a better job of alleviating stress than encouraging somberness.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a crepuscular somberness, a feeling of looking back on the perfect day, knowing bliss won’t last forever.
    Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Duskiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duskiness. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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