duskiness

Definition of duskinessnext

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Noun
  • From individual missions to tours aboard the ISS, video games have featured surprisingly often in the inky blackness of space.
    William Worrall, Space.com, 30 May 2026
  • Lighting the mood Production design includes dramatic lighting effects, intensely bright (oof, that spotlight) to sudden pitch-blackness.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Both panels are wrapped by thin bezels and get up to 3500 nits of brightness, but only the Pro screen can drop to 1 nit of dimness (which is easier on the eyes for use in a dark room).
    Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • 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
  • For a few hours, there's no doom and gloom on the news, no family drama, no Slack notifications, no people fighting about dumb stuff on social media.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • The first thing many visitors see from their airplane windows is the giant LUMEN screaming up through the Seattle gloom.
    Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • As Raul grapples with telling the story of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by the murkiness of borrowing from real people for the purposes of fiction.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2026
  • After Daniel Jones tore his ACL late last season, the quarterback position has some murkiness for the Colts entering 2026.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Garth Jennings has made a movie charting Pulp’s rise from obscurity to cultural touchstone, set to premiere exclusively on Mubi this fall.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Goldman was deported to Russia in the Palmer Raids of 1919—an undocumented immigrant, shipped to obscurity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 June 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 20 Jun. 2026.

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