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Recent Examples of lightless The boy grows up in the lightless void before managing to escape. Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022 At night, lightless streets turn into treacherous obstacle courses, especially after snow and rain. Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022 Tracking swarms of flea-size organisms through the lightless depths is trickier than following migrating whales across hemispheres. Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022 After the humans arrived, Fred stayed in his lightless bog for millennia as the land was worked above, the forests shaped by fire and the fields sowed with corn, beans, and squash. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for lightless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightless
Adjective
  • Sophie's gun — which was an impulse buy just a few days back — is found and identified as the weapon that killed Abby. Sophie's quest to vindicate herself then leads to the unraveling of dark secrets, sketchy relationships, twisted small-town politics and more.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Saturday's clip also clarified that the blue sections of the costume are a darker shade of the color — and more reflective — than earlier versions.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Anton and his second wife adopted Jean sometime during the Depression, but the details are murky.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • While the Celtics have made a couple of small additions, the future is still a bit murky.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025

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“Lightless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightless. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.

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