1
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
Both in covert missions under the cover of darkness and right out in the open, Oakmont’s trees all came down.
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 June 2025
New footage captured by wildcat conservation organization Panthera, in collaboration with Senegal's National Parks Directorate (DPN), revealed the moment a male elephant called Ousmane moved through the darkness.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Coming from Orange, maybe the darkness of Handmaid’s didn’t shock you as much.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
The bold colors emerge from a graphite background, evoking an emergence from darkness into light.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 June 2025
New footage captured by wildcat conservation organization Panthera, in collaboration with Senegal's National Parks Directorate (DPN), revealed the moment a male elephant called Ousmane moved through the darkness.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Coming from Orange, maybe the darkness of Handmaid’s didn’t shock you as much.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
The bold colors emerge from a graphite background, evoking an emergence from darkness into light.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkness
Noun
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Ditto for pale eyeshadow applied over the entire lid, which appears even more like clown eyes when a dark (and often uneven) eyeliner is applied.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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The search was suspended at dark on Thursday and resumed Friday morning.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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With a multigenerational workforce and increasingly younger workforce seeking transparency, consider creating cultures where ambiguity is discussed openly, not masked with false certainty.—
Arthi Rabikrisson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Lynch opened up a whole new space where ambiguity wasn’t just tolerated — it was embraced.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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The Heat’s own pick Wednesday night previously had been dealt, with the Oklahoma City Thunder utilizing that No. 15 selection on Georgetown big man Thomas Sorber.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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The Chicago Bulls took a swing in the NBA draft Wednesday night by selecting French teenager Noa Essengue with the No. 12 pick.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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In particular, Bailey’s stock clouds that situation.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Unlike previous eruptions from 4114, this powerful flare was not accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME) — a cloud of solar plasma and magnetic field that can travel through space and strike Earth's magnetic field, sparking auroras.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
18 June 2025
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Federal agents’ June 6 raid at Ambiance Apparel, in which dozens of people were detained, has cast a pall over the historical Fashion District in downtown L.A. About a half-dozen business owners or their employees told The Times that their sales had dropped by about 50% in the last week.—
Kaitlyn Huamani,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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The killings cast a pall on the graduation ceremonies at the University of Maryland, College Park on Thursday, according to Ari Israel, executive director of Maryland Hillel, a Jewish organization at the school.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Through the capsule’s large panoramic windows, the crew will see the planet's curvature and the stark contrast between the bright blue atmosphere and the blackness of space.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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The 40-second clip shows the Kuiper satellites separating from their launch vehicle in the blackness of space following liftoff Monday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
3 May 2025
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Photo : Open Homes Photography Warm lighting trails the loggia walkways at dusk.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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Anshun bridge reflecting in the Jinjiang river at dusk in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
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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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Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.—
Taylor Jean Stephan,
Peoplemag,
31 Jan. 2023
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“Darkness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkness. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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