1
as in shade
partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays
the valley was in shadow
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as in black
shadows plural
a time or place of little or no light
lurking in the shadows
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as in trace
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a run-down mansion that is only a shadow of its former glory
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as in glimmer
a very small amount
not even a shadow of a doubt about the defendant's guilt
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as in apparition
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
rumors of a shadow haunting the castle
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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to
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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
thickening clouds shadowed the countryside
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Recent Examples of shadow
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Others argue the book’s intimacy is too personal a look and should’ve been left in the shadows.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Naval and air assets were quickly deployed to shadow the ship, Healey told U.K. lawmakers in January.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Netflix also continues to offer subscribers the ability to change the font, size, shadow and background color of subtitles and closed captions.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Others argue the book’s intimacy is too personal a look and should’ve been left in the shadows.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
Rogen’s upstart Continental Studios chief Matt Remnick drops in to shadow the set one day but ends up mangling a tricky filmmaking feat.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Naval and air assets were quickly deployed to shadow the ship, Healey told U.K. lawmakers in January.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadow
Noun
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Fine details of fur and bark are clearly visible both in sunlight and under shade, with the mini-LED backlight keeping the sunny parts of the frame bright and the shadowy parts dark.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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More and more designers are offering wedding looks in colorful hues to provide options for those who don’t want to stick to one shade over the course of their celebrations.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.—
Taylor Jean Stephan,
Peoplemag,
31 Jan. 2023
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Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.—
Meg Donohue,
Town & Country,
31 Jan. 2023
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Two Italian regions particularly show evidence of these first traces.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Apr. 2025
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The coastal waters are a tropical stew of pollutants—industrial wastes including arsenic, cobalt, manganese, nickel, selenium, zinc, and seven other trace metals.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The coach listens not just for answers, but for glimmers—early signals of ideas that could be shaped into something bigger.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, the glimmers of optimism surrounding the tariffs did not last.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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For much of its history, the Church has had to defend itself against accusations that levitations, apparitions, and other miracles were not the work of God but that of the devil.—
Emily Harnett,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Todd, the neighbor, even the strange apparitions are obfuscated simply because of their height, which adds to the eerieness of Indy’s experience but also makes Indy’s recognition of Todd’s voice all the more emotional.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pregame The clouds are rolling into Fayetteville as Arkansas and Texas A&M players go through warmups.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
18 Apr. 2025
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Then, the dust cloud will reappear in the night sky toward the end of April.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The capturing of one of the sun's most elusive features is bound to inspire others to chase partial eclipses, particularly those occurring at sunrise or sunset, Seaton said.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Hundreds arose from the snow and began to chase Abby.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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The recipient's name was obscured, and it was noted that the migrant refused to sign it on Friday.—
Andrew Chung, Luc Cohen, Kristina Cooke,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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But the short-term bump in the stock price obscures a much more complicated picture.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Shadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadow. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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