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Recent Examples of unlit So, if the house is unlit, simply continue to the next home. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025 Potential remedies for an unlit Mundelein intersection — about which an area resident raised concerns to the Lake County Board — remain unclear, with the state and village disputing who is even responsible for overhead lighting there. Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 The mostly unlit face of the moon will be faintly illuminated by Earthshine, the ghostly glow on the moon’s night side. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 As many in the crowd stood protecting their eyes while standing amid hundreds of unlit torches, reminding us that the night’s core activity wasn’t happening, in moments the experience felt more like one to endure rather than enjoy. Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for unlit
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Adjective
  • 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
  • Kennedy sought the advice of doctors after dealing with severe memory loss and brain fog, reportedly leading to a scan of his brain that showed a dark spot in the imagery.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Instantly, her apartment faded away, to be replaced by a dark void.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • From there, things get murkier.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Right now, the future in New York looks murky.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Unlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlit. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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