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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible
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Recent Examples of pitch-black
The footage shows a plane window view of heavy cloud cover over a nearly pitch-black landscape, dotted by flashes of lightning across dark-gray skies.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Weapons plays along the same lines in this sub-genre’s sandbox, too, denying easy catharsis after wracking viewers’ nerves with its combination of pitch-black humor, abject grief, and superbly conducted jump scares.
—Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
In addition, the team studied how to use lasers and AI to help drones to navigate in a duct's pitch-black, near-featureless environment.
—David Szondy
august 02, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025
This pitch-black Irish comedy centers on Elvira Clancy, a depressive, small-town obituary writer whose newspaper has recently reduced her to freelancing.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Weapons plays along the same lines in this sub-genre’s sandbox, too, denying easy catharsis after wracking viewers’ nerves with its combination of pitch-black humor, abject grief, and superbly conducted jump scares.
—Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
In addition, the team studied how to use lasers and AI to help drones to navigate in a duct's pitch-black, near-featureless environment.
—David Szondy
august 02, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025
This pitch-black Irish comedy centers on Elvira Clancy, a depressive, small-town obituary writer whose newspaper has recently reduced her to freelancing.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitch-black
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kevin O’Connell keeps it simple with black coffee or a straight espresso.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The episode cuts to black before it is revealed who or what is Paddy's target, but in real life, Arthur lived for decades longer, dying in 1915, per TIME.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Attendees can also expect kid-friendly activities, including hair braiding, glow-in-the-dark face painting, accessory booths, photo booths, and giant inflatable mascots on the dance floor.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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Atop her dress, Carey opted for a long-sleeve dark leather jacket with a cropped design and edgy zipper closure.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the pitch-dark room, the first-time mom touched Kaia's head to check for warmth, but the house was cool, and at 3 a.m., her mind jumped to the worst.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Sep. 2025
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Berger based his claim on the fossils being found in narrow, pitch-dark chambers, far from natural entrances or evidence of animal activity.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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But what these murky recommendations largely obscure is the data, which overwhelmingly supports the use of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, as evidenced by a massive analysis set to be presented this weekend at an American Academy of Pediatrics conference.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
26 Sep. 2025
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Or is there something murkier here, the leftovers of words or ideas secreted behind the picture frames or even in the very walls themselves?—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-black. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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