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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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The red, blue, and black colors are like Spider-Man’s suit directly on a water bottle.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
14 May 2025
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Again, unlike Carrie, Ortega wore her black hair in a sleek straight blowout, while Carrie’s hair was styled in her blonde wavy hairdo.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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With their golden yellow rays surrounding a dark cone, Rudbeckias are quintessential summer blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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Related Stories All About Jalen Brunson's Parents, Sandra and Rick Brunson See Photos of Timothée Chalamet, Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal and More On May 16, Chalamet wore a Chrome Hearts tracksuit in a dark navy blue.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
22 May 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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Its origins are as murky as the exact proportions of the recipe.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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Instead, the injury made his situation murky at best.—
Adam Jahns,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-black. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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