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Adjective
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Florida coach Billy Napier was fired Sunday despite a win over Mississippi State, seven games and four losses into another lackluster season in which the Gators slipped further behind the SEC’s top programs as his methodical build never turned the corner.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025 -
The absences of pass rusher Khalil Mack and linebacker Denzel Perryman have contributed to the Chargers’ lackluster play against the run.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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If there’s dim to moderate light, the unlit display can be a bit hard to see.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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The prospects for any significant reckoning over agents’ conduct, even against citizens, are dim.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Dickson notes that the dusky shade referenced Martin.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
17 Oct. 2025
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The glitch smoothed out the eccentricities of texture in the image and cast a dusky halo around every shape.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In these books, the world-building is fantastical, fable-esque, or detail-obscured.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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By tracing a genealogy of conjure, Stewart also seeks to reveal many obscured contributions of Black women to American history.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Dec. 2022
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“Unbright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbright. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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