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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
Instead, these locations experience polar twilight as their brightest periods during this season, which replaces their daylight.
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Cecilia Blomdahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Among the other notable projects that earned the right to pitch at IDFA Forum is one that draws on archive from the twilight of the Soviet Union.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
The album amalgamates this twilight mood into a cohesive, moody, sometimes melancholic, often achingly pretty 34 minutes of music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
Where cars sit idle beneath the open sky, trees might one day arch overhead and couples linger in a waning twilight.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Cecilia Blomdahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Among the other notable projects that earned the right to pitch at IDFA Forum is one that draws on archive from the twilight of the Soviet Union.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
The album amalgamates this twilight mood into a cohesive, moody, sometimes melancholic, often achingly pretty 34 minutes of music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
Where cars sit idle beneath the open sky, trees might one day arch overhead and couples linger in a waning twilight.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 1 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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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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Copied Share Commanders go three-and-out Rohan Nadkarni Only three plays and six yards for the Commanders on their first drive of the night.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The plight of the core group is threaded with scenes revolving around the McConville family, whose matriarch Jean is taken by the IRA one night in 1972.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Wednesday ∙ High: 89 ∙ Low: 73 ∙ Chances for showers and thunder from early morning until evening hours.Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 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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Finally, with a twist of the ambient magnetic field, tiny tornadoes swirl into existence, pirouetting in the darkness.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Highway 59 from Watts to West Siloam Springs was shrouded in darkness after the storm passed.Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 4 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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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 28 Nov. 2024.
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