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Adjective
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The light stays sharp well into the evening, the sky a dusky purply blue that doesn’t fade so much as deepen.—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025 -
Antarctica in mid-winter is bathed in a dusky half-light or shrouded in darkness, with the sun's orbit ensuring the warming rays no longer reach the icy landmass.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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By definition, all solar eclipses occur at the new moon, which means dark, moonless evening skies for a week before and a night after.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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There’s no bad time to see the stars, but for a real spectacle, show up on a moonless night in July or August when the Perseid meteor shower is at its most active.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This obscure law vested NOAA with the authority to issue permits for mining beyond American jurisdiction until an international regime was put in place.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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That Davis exhibited but ultimately painted over the other two works in his geometric series might suggest some dissatisfaction with their admittedly obscure nature.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Following his four-time Oscar-winning 2019 smash, the director returns in Mickey 17 to sci-fi, skewering autocracy and even attempted genocide in a pitch-dark comedy about colonization.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Geo News and broadcaster ARY both reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces in pitch-dark central Islamabad, where lights had been turned off and a barrage of tear gas was fired.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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There’s a second planet closer to the host star that’s hidden by the black disk in the image, above, called a coronagraph, which the Webb Telescope uses to block out the star’s light, making its search for dim planets easier.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Hamilton asks, pointing off in the distance at the dim outline of boxy office buildings.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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My challenge was to make the sequel scarier, and darker.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Prioritize sleep quality: Creating a consistent bedtime routine and keeping your bedroom cool and dark may help improve sleep.—
Stella Bard,
Health,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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For all the highs that Young Thug’s performance delivered, there comes one somber realization.—
Mark P. Braboy,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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There are places where 28 Years Later is gorgeously somber, echoing the desolate lyricism of the first movie.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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What is surprising is that this pitch-black comedy has become one of the definitive teen movies of the '80s.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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Fox reverted to her pitch-black hair color, adding front waves around her face and spiraling a piece of hair on her forehead.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 June 2025
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“Penumbral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penumbral. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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