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as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the Friday of the stock market crash was indeed a black day for the country
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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
on a black night such as this, the imagination runs wild
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as in blackened
not clean
after mopping the floor, the water in the bucket was black
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as in blackness
a time or place of little or no light
we had to find our way on back roads in the black of night
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Recent Examples of black
Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
The company’s chairman, technology chief and top shareholder strutted onto the stage in a black sweater and jeans, waved to the analysts, licked his lips and sat down.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.
—Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023
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Adjective
The black or blue enamel dial features applied Breguet numerals, oversized registers on either side of the hand stack to track the running seconds and totalize the minutes, and a prominent tachymeter bezel running the perimeter.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
The company’s chairman, technology chief and top shareholder strutted onto the stage in a black sweater and jeans, waved to the analysts, licked his lips and sat down.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.
—Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.
—Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black
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Designed in Thiers, France—known to blade aficionados as the knife capital of the world—the saber features an ebony wood handle and can be engraved with a custom name or date.Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
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The characters—ebony, sandalwood, ceiba, redwood and so on—quickly come to feel like old friends, their long life histories carefully told and the stakes of their uncertain futures in the Anthropocene clearly laid out.Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Compared to the original cultivars, the newer cultivars offered a variety of advantages, including sturdiness, longer flowering, earlier flowering, dwarfism, bigger bracts, darker green foliage, and beyond.Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made by History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Sometime in the wee hours Sunday morning, the lights over the speedway went dark for the last time.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
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There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
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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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Yoon survived a first impeachment vote after most of his ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotted it, but on Saturday the country's National Assembly voted by 204 to 85 to impeach Yoon and suspend his powers and duties.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yoon survived an impeachment vote last weekend after most lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party boycotted the floor vote.Bradford Betz, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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What felt like a Cinderella story at the start is exposed as a Faustian bargain with a sable coat thrown in.Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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This means that sable are often in competition with farmers.Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
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The best-selling pair is available in three colorways — black, heather gray, and navy — and is made for three different size groups — a 30-inch inseam designed for petite shoppers, a 32-inch inseam, and a plus-size style that’s quickly selling out.Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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While Kardashian dressed in the holiday spirit in a Mrs. Claus outfit, Barker opted for a gray hoodie.David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
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Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.Jeff Conway, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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In Itzik, a swarthy Mizrahi falafel-store owner grabs a blond Russian waitress and tries to kiss her.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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