as in night
a time or place of little or no light
at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll
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Recent Examples of candlelight
The music video pairs tribal ritualism with coastal dreaminess, leading viewers through a cabin lit by candlelight and a beach after sunset.
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Community members gather in Wiese Park for a candlelight vigil following the morning shooting at the Perry Middle School and High School complex on January 4, 2024, in Perry, Iowa.
—John J. Donohue, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Not bad for someone who once did his homework under candlelight and sometimes bathed out of an outdoor bucket.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Luke took them to Candlelight, a live orchestra performance bathed in candlelight.
—Allison Moses, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Community members gather in Wiese Park for a candlelight vigil following the morning shooting at the Perry Middle School and High School complex on January 4, 2024, in Perry, Iowa.
—John J. Donohue, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Not bad for someone who once did his homework under candlelight and sometimes bathed out of an outdoor bucket.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Luke took them to Candlelight, a live orchestra performance bathed in candlelight.
—Allison Moses, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candlelight
Noun
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Naturally, Harris’s fashion choice for the night also channeled this very spirit.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
28 Sep. 2025
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Jeffries and Schumer confirmed the meeting in a statement Saturday night.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The drop-in-the-dark attraction features randomized drop sequences that move much faster than Tower of Terror ever did.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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There’s one designed around when the sun sets and when there’s full dark.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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The shadows will make things difficult, as could the wind.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Protect yourself by avoiding the outdoors during dusk and dawn, when mosquito activity peaks.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Sep. 2025
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Rosh Hashanah, which celebrates the new year in Judaism, begins at sunset Monday and ends at dusk on Wednesday.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Upon exposure to light — even regular daylight — punicin forms radicals, giving it properties that vary between light and darkness.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Instead, your brain increases melatonin production in response to darkness.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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The palette of whites, greys, and blacks maintain a cohesive color scheme, while there is no juxtaposition between interior and exterior.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2025
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Making travel even simpler, the latest Khloe Kardashian x Fabletics collection includes a convertible travel bag in a shade of black.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Huddled on their boat alongside his brother Roderigo as Mami’s galley approached, the inky blackness of the sea illuminated by the ghostly light of the waning moon through the salty air, Cervantes must have felt that uncertainty that marks the death of agency.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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The pressure and pitch-blackness no longer felt foreign or oppressive.—
Ayana Underwood,
Outside,
20 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, during winter, staff are mostly in darkness and experience only an hour or two of twilight each day.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
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The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Candlelight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candlelight. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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