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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going
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as in dusk
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
watched as twilight descended and the woods fell silent
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Recent Examples of twilight
Another evening, at twilight, Perfidia and Pat have planted a bomb at the base of a transmission tower somewhere in the desert.
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Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
At a time when the age of the larger-than-life editor—think Graydon Carter or Anna Wintour—is in its twilight, Weiss is the rare journalist who has staked out a visible place in the cultural zeitgeist.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Its thin exosphere offers almost no protection from solar radiation, making this twilight boundary a literal knife-edge of danger.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
Told in gentle, bedtime-friendly verse, this magical tale follows two siblings who sneak out into the twilight to attend a most unusual dance performance.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
At a time when the age of the larger-than-life editor—think Graydon Carter or Anna Wintour—is in its twilight, Weiss is the rare journalist who has staked out a visible place in the cultural zeitgeist.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Its thin exosphere offers almost no protection from solar radiation, making this twilight boundary a literal knife-edge of danger.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
Told in gentle, bedtime-friendly verse, this magical tale follows two siblings who sneak out into the twilight to attend a most unusual dance performance.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twilight
Noun
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Like other dark, leafy green vegetables, beet greens contain nitrates and are high in beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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Forget wasteful palettes with unused pans, the universally flattering Gris Doux works for everyday or can be layered to create more intensity after dark.—
Ellie Davis,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2025
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The views are stunning, with dense jungle lining the riverbanks and pink dolphins occasionally surfacing around dawn and dusk.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The best thing to fight off early sunset melancholia is to try to get outside at dusk, even for a few minutes.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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The changes also allowed Mingo to step out of the shadows cast by André DeShields and Richard Pryor, who played the Wiz in the original Broadway show and 1978 movie adaptation, and make the role his own.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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In it, prisoners trapped inside a cave perceive the world only through shadows cast by outside objects.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026
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American flags are ordered to fly at half-staff until sunset on the day of Cheney's interment services, according to the state Department of Military Affairs.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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At sunset, the sheriff’s deputies called off the search for the night.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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For one night, under cold rain and flickering red lights, the noise faded.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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On Saturday night in the Pacific Northwest, the Hornets kept their FCS playoff hopes alive with their big-play attack, racing past Portland State 52-24 at Hillsboro Stadium.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Longtime Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is officially out of a job after the two sides parted ways Tuesday evening.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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The mesh uppers are secure but not snug, and the reflective details come in handy for early morning or evening runs.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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The ash of the cigarette glows in the darkness of the truck.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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But even still, the doctors are grappling with the impacts of the conflict, mainly through power outages that leave their hospital in darkness.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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One hour becomes two, two become three, my mind straining for answers in the blackness.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Smoke and blackness enfolded him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twilight. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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