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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penumbral
Adjective
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The United States has its own bans (e.g., on dusky sharks) but effectiveness varies by gear type and enforcement.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025 -
These and other prairie plants provide an ideal habitat for hundreds of pollinators and insect species including bunchgrass skippers and dreamy dusky wing butterflies.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This spiral-shaped cloud is faintly visible to the naked eye under a clear, moonless sky.—
David J Eicher,
Discover Magazine,
19 May 2020
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Look to the southeast and south for that this month—and this week in particular, which will be largely moonless.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
26 June 2022
Adjective
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The third book currently in production is known as The Black Book, a collection of unmade inventions sourced from obscure patents filed all over the world; a fascinating ode to the limitless power of the human imagination.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Republicans are expected to move the legislation on an obscure procedural track, known as reconciliation, which prevents the minority Democrats from blocking the package with a filibuster in the upper chamber.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Alas, The Man said no to his dream of swinging a pickaxe all day within the bowels of a pitch-dark cave, and so poor Steve grew up to be the saddest doorknob salesman that Chuglass, Idaho had ever seen.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
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Its themes and plots were often pitch-dark and inhabited by hypnotists, somnambulists, mediums, spies, the devil himself, serial killers, and crime bosses.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In a dim, cavelike hut where Nam lives with his mother, Hoa (Nguyen Thi Nga), a TV blares the names of soldiers who were killed during the war, in the nineteen-seventies, but whose remains were never found.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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OLEDs completely avoid this with their ability to individually brighten, dim, and turn off pixels.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While the app only went dark for a matter of a day or so in the U.S., it was removed from the Apple and Google app stores for weeks, because federal law could have seen Apple or Google penalized for distributing it.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Page Turner sees the Page family consumed by the literary world — each in their own way — as its dark, foundational secret runs the risk of exposure.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The week continues to build excitement with the Celtic Cross Mass and Ceremony (this year on Sunday, March 9) and the beautiful and somber Sgt.—
Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2025
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The mood at the event was anything but somber, though.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There tends to be a bit of pitch-black comedy wrapped up in its deaths (see: Tanya toppling to her death after escaping her would-be murderers in season 2).—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The beach was pitch-black and dangerous, the waves ferociously slamming the shore.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Penumbral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penumbral. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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