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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
a dark alley that most people wisely avoided
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as in bleak
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
her mind was filled with dark thoughts until the results of the medical test came back as negative
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as in silent
given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge
the actor was always quite dark about his life before his arrival in Hollywood
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
the superhero was not daunted by the villain's dark threats
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as in ignorant
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books
is known as a dark period in European history when people lived in ignorance, fear, and want
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as in evil
not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable
dark deeds that resulted in the Russian czar being known to history as Ivan the Terrible
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as in shadows
a time or place of little or no light
I have a bad habit of running into tables in the dark
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as in night
the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight
we were going to wait until dark to go trick-or-treating
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Recent Examples of dark
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
In a presidential cycle that has at times been marked by dark and apocalyptic rhetoric, Harris supporters seemed determined to have a party before the final day of voting on Election Day Tuesday.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Glory be to god for logjams, the antediluvian dark,
for being a supply of goodness outpacing demand
because so many prefer their egos’ endless ranting
to the suggestion of a different narrator or narrative.
—Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
The bag, available in light or dark indigo, has contrasting vegan leather handles and a detachable crossbody strap.
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In that respect, the extreme dark on Catalina is unusual, Browne said.
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He was last seen wearing a tan shirt, tan pants, black, red and white Nike’s and a jacket.The Enquirer, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
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She was dressed in all black and wore black sunglasses.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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As my colleague Meg James wrote, this is the latest bleak sign for the long-beleaguered pay-TV business, which continues to lose subscribers by the millions.Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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This ebullience, however, required keeping bleak thoughts at bay.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The Nanu Arc has a vintage feel with modern capabilities like a gradual wake alarm, silent clock movement, and a fully repairable build.Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
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Near the end of the last chorus, the instruments go respectfully silent as the narrator makes his confession a capella.Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Sunny is the creation of Suzie’s husband, who died under ambiguous circumstances, leaving her alone in their life in Kyoto.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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To minimize misinterpretations, providing clear guidelines for writing test instructions and avoiding ambiguous phrasing is key.Asad Khan, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Donald Trump, so ignorant of the past and so careless about the future, is a present-tense kind of candidate.Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Was an ancient reptile, for all intents and purposes a 15-million-year-old dinosaur, actually roaming this expanse of creosote scrub, subsisting on beavertail cactus flesh, going about her day ignorant of the weather alerts, the headlines, the untold human tragedies?Outside Online, Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024
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The story of a farmer tasked with protecting a magic baby from an evil queen is not exactly the most original story in the world, but that hasn’t stopped this from becoming a classic, with Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood and Val Kilmer waving a sword around.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The plot centers on Scott Pilgrim, a Canadian indie rock slacker who falls in love with a girl named Ramona Flowers and then has to fight her seven evil exes in video game-style battles.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Though just two men were tried—and acquitted—for the murder, Thompson’s research suggests eight were present in the barn on the night of Till’s killing.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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Following the event, Longoria took to Instagram to share a carousel of images from the night.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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The path towards a policy and regulatory framework for Web3 and DeFi is no longer murky.Cleve Mesidor, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Musk, one of former President Trump's biggest backers, found himself in hot — but murky — legal waters over the attention-grabbing giveaway after Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) filed a lawsuit over the contest.Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Dark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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