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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
You’re allowed to shine brighter than the darkness in your mind.
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid, plunging over a million people into darkness, with freezing temperatures settling in.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
Here, parents find hope in the darkness of vaccine fear and confidence in their consumer power.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Speed, distraction, infrastructure and, as a Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network investigation revealed in 2018, the increasing presence of large trucks and SUVs with their higher front ends, have all played a role, along with factors, including darkness and impairment.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid, plunging over a million people into darkness, with freezing temperatures settling in.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
Here, parents find hope in the darkness of vaccine fear and confidence in their consumer power.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Speed, distraction, infrastructure and, as a Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network investigation revealed in 2018, the increasing presence of large trucks and SUVs with their higher front ends, have all played a role, along with factors, including darkness and impairment.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkness
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Rome embodies a conundrum of dark and light that is the South.Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Close just had to replicate the tiny squares of darks and lights on his canvas, like following a map.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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There’s no The Bear-style ambiguity for awards purposes.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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To play the ambiguity was the most challenging and fun part of being part of the show.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Play-by-play of final night:Taylor Swift ends record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver This number does not include resale prices.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mangione was spotted for the first time Monday night as he was led into a Pennsylvania court.Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The open cluster Westerlund 1 is located roughly 12,000 light-years away, residing behind a huge interstellar cloud of gas and dust.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Thicker mid-level to high clouds will spread over the region through daybreak.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
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Megalopolis pushes Coppola into unchecked futuristic, pseudo-classical narrative fabrications (evoking the Shakespearean pall cast by the death of Caesar’s wife).Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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While crowds still gathered to commemorate Israel’s 76th Independence day, an unmistakable pall hung over this year’s celebrations, overshadowed by the lingering effects of the devastating Oct. 7 Hamas attack and the ensuing war in Gaza.Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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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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The Mid-Credits Scene — the King in Black The central plot of The Last Dance revolves around Venom trying to stop the creator of the symbiotes, Knull (Andy Serkis), from escaping his celestial prison and returning all of existence to the Void, the blackness that predates the universe.Richard Newby, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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At dusk, a procession of the faithful takes to the streets with children often dressed as angels and shepherds.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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Crete is famous for these: the hills at dusk are all blues, violets and blacks; the sky a hundred shades of pink and orange where the sun hits the Aegean.William Leigh, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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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 21 Dec. 2024.
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