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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going
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as in dusk
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
watched as twilight descended and the woods fell silent
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Recent Examples of twilight
Mack has enjoyed a resurgence in this twilight of his career, including a career-high 17 sacks in 2023.
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Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Music started and beat on into the twilight; the shadows stretched from the roots of the trees.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Other than Pasta, and recognizing that Marchand is in his twilight years, the rest of the forward crew are essentially 10 to 20 goal scorers, who can chip in but are not go to guys when a game is on the line.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
These and other organic molecules likely formed in the twilight years of the earliest stars, perhaps as early as a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Music started and beat on into the twilight; the shadows stretched from the roots of the trees.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Other than Pasta, and recognizing that Marchand is in his twilight years, the rest of the forward crew are essentially 10 to 20 goal scorers, who can chip in but are not go to guys when a game is on the line.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
These and other organic molecules likely formed in the twilight years of the earliest stars, perhaps as early as a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twilight
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But batteries that bank power for after dark have changed the equation.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Over this 21-year span, 234,000 square miles of the Arctic landscape transitioned from dark to lit.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Piccadilly Circus is seen at dusk, on 7th January 2025, in London, England.Jenni Reid, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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This bucket-list worthy kayaking experience starts at dusk and will take participants through the iconic Flowerpot Rock formations.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Cloud services sunset features while introducing others.Ismail Amla, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The exemption sunsets in January, giving families one last season to use it.Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Approximately 780,000 incorrect charges totaling over 2 billion forints ($5.43 million) in one night.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Sharing the ball was the motto of the night for the Broncos.Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hotel employees recounted seeing Short make several telephone calls in the lobby that evening, growing increasingly frantic.Alex Gurley, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Slippery roads are possible in Chicago on Wednesday evening, according to one forecast.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s course of conduct in rejecting the legitimacy of his defeat in 2020, up to and including his speech on January 6, should have disqualified him from further service in public office and resulted in casting him into the outer darkness of our political culture.Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the season, Doctor Strange is trapped in the Astral Plane, while the world is plunged into darkness as a result of Doctor Doom and Dracula's meddling.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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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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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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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twilight. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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