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as in dusk
a time or place of little or no light
lovers would often retreat to the gloaming of the park's many secluded recesses to steal a kiss
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as in sunset
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
with the gloaming came the familiar call of the whip-poor-will
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Recent Examples of gloaming
Some of these convey important information; others emerged, devoid of any useful meaning, from the marketing gloaming.
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Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2018
So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
The game down on the field seems to be played in the gloaming.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
Tony Kemp hit an eighth-inning, two-run homer in the gloaming at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday to give the A’s a 3-1 win over the Yankees in a game that might wind up being the biggest win of the season for the A’s.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021
The bar shares an appetizer menu with the restaurant; in the gloaming, the seafood towers sparkle.
—The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2021
Queens in the gloaming, the sky a smear of pinks and purples.
—Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2020
There were sourdough waffles to start the day and tuna sandwiches for lunch, a few hours of everyone reading novels in separate corners before a long solitary walk in the gloaming, accompanied by gloved waves across generally empty streets.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
Ivanka Trump tweeted the hashtag #TogetherApart with a photo — apparently years-old — of herself playing with her children in some kind of indoor fort, in the gloaming of some plush parlor.
—Dan Zak, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2020
Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2018
So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
The game down on the field seems to be played in the gloaming.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
Tony Kemp hit an eighth-inning, two-run homer in the gloaming at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday to give the A’s a 3-1 win over the Yankees in a game that might wind up being the biggest win of the season for the A’s.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021
The bar shares an appetizer menu with the restaurant; in the gloaming, the seafood towers sparkle.
—The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2021
Queens in the gloaming, the sky a smear of pinks and purples.
—Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2020
There were sourdough waffles to start the day and tuna sandwiches for lunch, a few hours of everyone reading novels in separate corners before a long solitary walk in the gloaming, accompanied by gloved waves across generally empty streets.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
Ivanka Trump tweeted the hashtag #TogetherApart with a photo — apparently years-old — of herself playing with her children in some kind of indoor fort, in the gloaming of some plush parlor.
—Dan Zak, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloaming
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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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Shots of a lioness silhouetted against a sunset and trees silhouetted against a stormy sky are very detailed; the contours of the lioness and both the texture and color of leaves and bark on the trees come through without looking blown out.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Think about the jackass, who probably isn’t enjoying a stunning pink-purple sunset.Tim Zientek, The New Yorker, 5 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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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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Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education made Shauna Murphy, who has been serving as interim superintendent since May, the district's permanent superintendent during a surprise vote Monday evening.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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The annual award show, which recognizes outstanding achievement in country music, features rising stars and veteran performers competing for the evening's top honors, including the New Artist of the Year award and the coveted Entertainer of the Year title.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
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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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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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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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“Gloaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloaming. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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