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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
the raiding party snuck up under cover of darkness
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as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the darkness of certain passages in the Book of Revelation
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as in night
the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight
let's wait for darkness before telling ghost stories
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Recent Examples of darkness
But there was a darkness at the heart of his appeal.
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Chris Maggio, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Watch on Deadline But sound is also used to express the darkness within.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
And despite the impossibly blue skies in Commons, Calif., a darkness seemed to be creeping into the national consciousness.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Hope is something that Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri can related to, having explored the dualities of hope and despair (as well as lightness and darkness, and fluidity and animalism) in her spring 2023 collection.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
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Chris Maggio, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Watch on Deadline But sound is also used to express the darkness within.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
And despite the impossibly blue skies in Commons, Calif., a darkness seemed to be creeping into the national consciousness.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Hope is something that Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri can related to, having explored the dualities of hope and despair (as well as lightness and darkness, and fluidity and animalism) in her spring 2023 collection.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkness
Noun
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In the dull, dank dark So where were the most diverse bacterial and archaeal populations?—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
20 Jan. 2025
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Read Next National 19-year-old boogie boarder vanishes in dark off Oregon.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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There was originally some ambiguity over whether resigning workers would have to do any work for the next eight months.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
5 Feb. 2025
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By the end, all snaps into place, though not without some queasy ambiguities and the outings of evil machinations on the part of at least one of the parents.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2025
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General manager Chris Drury made a big play adding Miller on Friday night, but this is still a team sitting 5 points away from a playoff spot with 31 games to go, and the 6-3 loss to the Boston Bruins demonstrated Drury’s work is likely far from over in this season of change.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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Weir was accepting an award, along with other members of the Grateful Dead or their family members, as one of MusiCares‘ Persons of the Year at the charity’s annual gala Friday night.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2025
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These particles spur the formation of more and brighter clouds, which help shield Earth from the sun.—
Raymond Zhong,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Workday — The cloud applications provider climbed 5.5% after announcing a restructuring plan expected to eliminate roughly 8.5% of the workforce.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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Brutal political assassinations have cast a pall over Guerrero in southwest Mexico.—
Simon Romero,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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But the chaos that accompanied the withdrawal, including the deaths of 13 American service members, cast a pall over his presidency.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Shot in inky blackness, Kyle Edward Ball’s film taps into that primal childhood fear of calling out for your parents in the dark and hearing no reply.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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Instead of gentle concentric circles, gleaming finishes, or a mesmerizing light show, the ProArt P16 meets us with inky blackness.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Oct. 2024
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These efforts were felt most strikingly on the beach at dinner, when dusk made the blinking lights on the opposite shoreline more apparent.—
Mary Holland,
Robb Report,
20 Jan. 2025
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Saturn, nearby, will become visible to the naked eye as dusk fades to darkness and remain observable for around three-and-a-half hours past sunset, at which point the pair will sink below the horizon and out of view.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 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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“Darkness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkness. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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