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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible
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Recent Examples of pitch-black
The sounds of guttural growls and bone-chilling howls will once again echo throughout the pitch-black forest outside a Bavarian village when a new roller coaster with a familiar name and glowing red eyes returns to Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
But the show itself isn’t so quick to ignore the pitch-black truths behind luxurious facades.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Hackman won his second Oscar for Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, a pitch-black Western about an outlaw turned farmer whose return to gunslinging puts him in the sights of Hackman's Sheriff Little Bill Daggett.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Hours later, reporters were in Altadena as fire trucks raced to the Eaton fire, navigating the pitch-black streets.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
But the show itself isn’t so quick to ignore the pitch-black truths behind luxurious facades.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Hackman won his second Oscar for Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, a pitch-black Western about an outlaw turned farmer whose return to gunslinging puts him in the sights of Hackman's Sheriff Little Bill Daggett.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Hours later, reporters were in Altadena as fire trucks raced to the Eaton fire, navigating the pitch-black streets.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitch-black
Adjective
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Soldiers from the caisson detachment in blue jeans, black shirts and white cowboy hats mucked out stalls.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Video showed dozens of LAPD officers massed in a skirmish line across the street from the mob, gripping black and green riot guns that fire foam rounds.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Opening April 8, 2026 A blind date spirals spectacularly off the rails in Becky Shaw, the razor-sharp dark comedy from two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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He was last seen wearing a light shirt and dark shorts.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
3 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 is no evidence that Ms. Harris paid for the endorsements, although details on celebrity engagements can be somewhat murky.—
Theodore Schleifer,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Even as the temporary agreement between the U.S. and China has lifted sentiment this week, some major U.S. companies are issuing warnings about rising costs and a murky macroeconomic outlook.—
Pia Singh,Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-black. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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