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Recent Examples of penumbral
After this March event, Earth’s shadow will only skim the moon, creating less impactful partial and penumbral eclipses in late 2026, 2027 and 2028.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
However, the entire eclipse — including the penumbral and partial phases — will last 5 hours, 38 minutes.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The stages of the eclipse include penumbral and umbral phases, which refer to the two main parts of the shadow that the moon casts.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
The stages of the eclipse include penumbral and umbral phases, which refer to the two main parts of the shadow that the moon casts.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
However, the entire eclipse — including the penumbral and partial phases — will last 5 hours, 38 minutes.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The stages of the eclipse include penumbral and umbral phases, which refer to the two main parts of the shadow that the moon casts.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
The stages of the eclipse include penumbral and umbral phases, which refer to the two main parts of the shadow that the moon casts.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penumbral
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Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui posted a video to X over the weekend, showing a dazzling view of auroras spreading like a tall blanket over the darkened Earth below.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kartik Research, too, played with a lighter palette, using dusky pink, golden tans and earthy tones as an anchor for their collection.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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There’s also a wide color selection, which includes the dusky pink and plum Disco Dust and the pink, cool purple, and dirty red Electric Cherry.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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But best are moonless nights, when shimmering whorls of the Milky Way fill the night and desert creatures emerge to crawl and slither the dunes.—
Anna Zacharias,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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From total solar and lunar eclipses and brilliant planetary conjunctions to iconic meteor showers peaking under moonless night skies and a festive supermoon, there's something for everyone to enjoy.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
1 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The accompanying video — showing an unmasked Chalamet beside an obscured EsDeeKid, dropping bars about Marty Supreme and girlfriend Kylie Jenner — went stratospherically viral.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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While the technology and safety features are top-line, why did Land Rover include such small, nearly obscured and difficult to use door handles?—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
21 Dec. 2025
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Photos of Trump at this year’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland show an even gnarlier darkish bruise on his left hand.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Its 19th-century spire lit up like a matchstick against the darkling sky, its tip cracking and plunging through the ceiling.—
Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Malcolm’s subjects are very old-school, doctrinaire, rigid Freudian psychoanalysts who get involved in impossibly obscure academic debates.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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But then last January, an obscure AI startup named DeepSeek released a generative AI platform, R1, which was comparable to ChatGPT but purporting to use just a fraction of Nvidia’s bleeding-edge chips.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the pitch-dark room, Heath remembers hearing the call to prayer in the morning.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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Despite hundreds of Americans being fired or suspended by employers as a result, the pitch-dark humor that permeates our social media ecosystem was not to be suppressed.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Penumbral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penumbral. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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