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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
the raiding party snuck up under cover of darkness
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as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the darkness of certain passages in the Book of Revelation
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as in night
the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight
let's wait for darkness before telling ghost stories
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Recent Examples of darkness
That’s assuming that the darkness in said tunnel is Chavismo.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
With darkness having fallen, the slopes of Eaton Canyon would rapidly ignite, winds spreading the bright-orange flames, smoke, and embers across the hills and into the neighborhood below.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
When the sun goes down, three beams of light will illuminate the sky over the town that was, piercing the darkness that this time last year was lit with the unholy glow of a fire raging, with no end in sight.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
But to stop a serial killer, Clarice must confront her own inner darkness.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
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Columbus Police The footage shows the person in a dark, hooded top and lighter color pants, walking with their hands in their pockets.—
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Sunny skies by day often bring clear nightscapes after dark, so soak up the starry splendor on the Tucson Astro Trail, which links 12 area observatories and dark-sky parks.—
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As usual, Coon thrives in ambiguity, layering a seemingly straightforward woman with depth.—
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Participants also took a personality assessment called the High Potential Trait Indicator (HTPI), which measures six traits including competitiveness and tolerance of ambiguity.—
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In the first half, the defensive activity and competitive spirit were far better against the league’s best team, a night after Miami came up woefully short in both of those areas against the league’s worst team.—
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The night's hostess, Nikki Glaser, brought boyfriend Chris Convy as her date to the big show.—
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On-device processing keeps personal data local, while secure cloud services extend functionality with user control.—
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That said, don’t wait for perfectly clear skies to head into the hills – even in bright, sunny weather, the Matterhorn loves playing peek-a-boo behind the clouds.—
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The changes also allowed Mingo to step out of the shadows cast by André DeShields and Richard Pryor, who played the Wiz in the original Broadway show and 1978 movie adaptation, and make the role his own.—
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In it, prisoners trapped inside a cave perceive the world only through shadows cast by outside objects.—
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In early 2023, the pandemic-era glow had worn off watch sales, kicking off a luxury slowdown that continues to cast a pall over the trade.—
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Lynne McAra Clark/Anadolu via Getty Images Australia's east coast welcomed 2026 just two hours later, but in Sydney, the country's largest city, celebrations were held under the pall of Australia's worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.—
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Passengers get to see Earth against the blackness of space and experience a few minutes of weightlessness.—
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The thrill of pushing the pace on terrain that remained shrouded in blackness until illuminated two seconds before our wheels were suddenly navigating its rocks and cliffs and cactus pushed all else from the mental spotlight.—
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That intrigue and mysteriousness still rest in the canyon walls today.—
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“Darkness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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