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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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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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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But the stability, low-profile, and various brightness levels makes the BioLite 425 ideal for night running.Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 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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Shadow details are maintained while looking dark, and in one scene of a valley at dusk, the lights of houses twinkle brightly without showing any light bloom.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Rodgers, at the age of 40 and looking every bit like it this season, is clearly in the twilight of his career.Jesse Reed, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Instead, these locations experience polar twilight as their brightest periods during this season, which replaces their daylight.Cecilia Blomdahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
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And the evening wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Wilson family.Andy Swift, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
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After two years of doom and gloom, digital health deals are showing signs of life, with venture capital firms making more focused bets and interest rate cuts rekindling some of the COVID-era optimism around the sector.Tina Reed, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Blackness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackness. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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