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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 -
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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Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
28 Jan. 2023
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Zegler is the true find, a marvelous singer and a radiant persona, and Spielberg and Kaminski film her like a bright flare in a twilit ocean; her sheer presence papers over some of the more facile aspects of Maria’s characterization.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2021
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“Starless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starless. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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