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Adjective
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The color palette is rich but slightly off—dusky, earthy, almost clashing in places.—
Michael Boodro,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Arbore’s study looked at the dusky lory (Pseudeos fuscata), a parrot native to New Guinea with bands of feathers that may be colored yellow, orange, or red.—
Simon Griffith,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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This spiral-shaped cloud is faintly visible to the naked eye under a clear, moonless sky.—
David J Eicher,
Discover Magazine,
19 May 2020
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Look to the southeast and south for that this month—and this week in particular, which will be largely moonless.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
26 June 2022
Adjective
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Both parties have spent much of the 21st century using what had been obscure procedural tactics to delay or slowly derail presidential nominees for Cabinet posts, regulatory agency boards and federal judgeships.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The recent wildfires shine a spotlight on an obscure firefighting charity.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Its themes and plots were often pitch-dark and inhabited by hypnotists, somnambulists, mediums, spies, the devil himself, serial killers, and crime bosses.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2024
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Geo News and broadcaster ARY both reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces in pitch-dark central Islamabad, where lights had been turned off and a barrage of tear gas was fired.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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However, both Uranus and Neptune are too far from Earth and thus too dim to be seen with the naked eye.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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And now-extinct platforms like Meerkat, Periscope and Vine are only a dim memory to many.—
Chloee Weiner,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and within hours charred more than 15 square miles of trees and brush, sending up plumes of dark smoke near Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area about 40 miles from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires that are burning for a third week.—
Marcio Jose Sanchez,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Yu Ting Yuan, the hotel's flagship restaurant, offers diners a contrasting tenor with its dark, brooding interior splashed with gold and blood red, fresh flower sprays of pussywillow, orchids, and amaryllis, and soaring ceilings.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The somber music should have been my first clue, but I was too wrapped up in the euphoria of Jane soon realizing that someone valued her life enough to save her from certain death.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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When a photographer suggests that the family pose with a somber demeanor for a shot that will be featured in an article about Rubens’ disappearance, Eunice refuses, instructing her children to smile broadly.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Using echolocation, bats can detect tiny insects flying in pitch-black darkness.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Plus, Irving is now haunted by the pitch-black paintings compulsively smeared by his Outie.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Penumbral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penumbral. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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