as in night
a time or place of little or no light
at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll
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Recent Examples of candlelight
Cole suggests designing your wedding with ample candlelight.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
Citizens across Montenegro have held candlelight vigils for the victims and are planning protests demanding accountability and stronger preventive measures.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The United Way's news release also said there would be a candlelight vigil honoring the victims at 6 p.m. Tuesday in front of the Vel Phillips statue at the State Capitol.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
An ‘unthinkable’ tragedy A candlelight vigil is scheduled for Tuesday night, with the city’s mayor and education officials expected to attend.
—Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
Citizens across Montenegro have held candlelight vigils for the victims and are planning protests demanding accountability and stronger preventive measures.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The United Way's news release also said there would be a candlelight vigil honoring the victims at 6 p.m. Tuesday in front of the Vel Phillips statue at the State Capitol.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
An ‘unthinkable’ tragedy A candlelight vigil is scheduled for Tuesday night, with the city’s mayor and education officials expected to attend.
—Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candlelight
Noun
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President Trump on Monday night signed an executive order authorizing the U.S. military to draft a plan for sending troops to the southern border.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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New episodes of The Curious Case Of… air Monday nights at 10 p.m. ET on ID.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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How To Find Mars In The Night Sky Go outside after dark and look to the east.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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But batteries that bank power for after dark have changed the equation.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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These efforts were felt most strikingly on the beach at dinner, when dusk made the blinking lights on the opposite shoreline more apparent.—
Mary Holland,
Robb Report,
20 Jan. 2025
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Saturn, nearby, will become visible to the naked eye as dusk fades to darkness and remain observable for around three-and-a-half hours past sunset, at which point the pair will sink below the horizon and out of view.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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That could still mean 24-72 hours of darkness though, so just make sure you’re prepared.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Brief periods of darkness can also happen when the sun is totally obscured during total solar eclipses, which occur rarely in any particular spot on Earth.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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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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Sunrise scene of Seoul downtown city skyline, Aerial view of N Seoul Tower at Namsan Park in twilight sky in morning.—
Amala Balakrishner,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2025
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Back to Moravia — and his gift for physical description: The courtyard lay deserted in the bleak, subdued twilight of a sultry day.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
13 Jan. 2025
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By midnight, all 54 horses had been relocated to the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, which had turned into a shelter for large animals amid the disaster.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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Shortly after midnight on a recent frigid evening, two of the form’s most accomplished practitioners, XSM and QZAR, met up on a shadowy street near SoHo, both dressed entirely in black.—
Jake Offenhartz,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Candlelight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candlelight. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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