as in black
a time or place of little or no light
strange nocturnal noises emanated from the forbidding blackness of the forest
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Recent Examples of blackness
When something splashed in the blackness, Evelyn thought of rats.
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Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
There are no clouds or rain or snow, just a sky that’s only the blackness of space, with a surface baked by the Sun.
—Thomas Orlando, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
His attempt to sow doubt about Harris’ blackness, in front of a predominantly Black audience, didn’t appear to win hearts and minds.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Horror filmmaker Ti West steps out of the blackness behind the Bates Motel hours after the last tourist tram has made it to safety.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
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Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
There are no clouds or rain or snow, just a sky that’s only the blackness of space, with a surface baked by the Sun.
—Thomas Orlando, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
His attempt to sow doubt about Harris’ blackness, in front of a predominantly Black audience, didn’t appear to win hearts and minds.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Horror filmmaker Ti West steps out of the blackness behind the Bates Motel hours after the last tourist tram has made it to safety.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackness
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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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Another almost fell to their death while the group was hiking after dark along a steep, forested hillside above Class V rapids.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Zion finishes off the standard base trailer with a set of four bed lights for easily rummaging through cargo after dark and a rocker switch panel for those lights and available auxiliary and rock lights.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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The score roils with melodic drama in the film’s prologue, which vibrantly depicts a tense heist to steal the titular piano under the cover of darkness and a Fourth of July fireworks show in Mississippi.Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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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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Resist the temptation of checking emails late at night.Sho Dewan, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Sheehan says forcing your little one to stay up later at night or dropping their nap isn’t going to do the trick.Melissa Willets, Parents, 27 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps the most impressive features of this tiny home are the floor-to-ceiling windows, which provide tons of natural light throughout the day and give you a beautiful view of nature at dusk.Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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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, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Summit at Snoqualmie, in Washington, sells night-skiing tickets (hours are 4 to 9:30 P.M.) for $40; afternoon tickets for $58, or twilight tickets (starting at 2 P.M.) for $59.Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2024
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Doom and gloom First released in North America on Nov. 21, 2004, the Nintendo DS arrived at a time when the air around the company was thick with the looming threat of defeat.Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Western red cedar, and the thick gloom of western hemlocks with their feathery branches, loom large.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Blackness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackness. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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