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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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The Terminator Zero voice cast includes Timothy Olyphant voicing the Terminator, Rosario Dawson as Kokoro and Ann Dowd as The Prophet, a philosophical guide for the human resistance helping shepherd survivors in the darkness of the unknown future ahead.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2024
The darkness of the lens does not necessarily indicate better UV protection.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
The moon peeks out from the branches and emanates a halo of light, which pierces through the darkness.
—Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
The Silence of the Lambs (its most obvious inspiration) and David Fincher’s Se7en — or just about anything else by Fincher, a filmmaker who has traveled in the same corridors of darkness Perkins seems to also favor, cinematically at least.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 July 2024
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2024
The darkness of the lens does not necessarily indicate better UV protection.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
The moon peeks out from the branches and emanates a halo of light, which pierces through the darkness.
—Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
The Silence of the Lambs (its most obvious inspiration) and David Fincher’s Se7en — or just about anything else by Fincher, a filmmaker who has traveled in the same corridors of darkness Perkins seems to also favor, cinematically at least.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 July 2024
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“Darkness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkness. Accessed 3 Aug. 2024.
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