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Recent Examples of half-light
The world these characters inhabit, within an enclave of Flushing, Queens, is a place of in-between, captured in the evocative half-light of Norm Li’s cinematography, suggesting the cool-hot glow of the title’s blue sun.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
Wagner and her colleagues used noninvasive electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes placed on the heads of four reindeer to monitor brain waves under three different lighting conditions: constant light, constant dark or half-dark and half-light to mimic equal day and night hours.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2023
The courtyard of the Four Seasons Washington DC is hot in the late July half-light.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
Wagner and her colleagues used noninvasive electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes placed on the heads of four reindeer to monitor brain waves under three different lighting conditions: constant light, constant dark or half-dark and half-light to mimic equal day and night hours.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2023
The courtyard of the Four Seasons Washington DC is hot in the late July half-light.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-light
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Rome embodies a conundrum of dark and light that is the South.Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Close just had to replicate the tiny squares of darks and lights on his canvas, like following a map.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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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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At 33 years old, Virgil van Dijk is into the twilight of his career.Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Guests can pick their adventure by choosing an afternoon or a twilight tour with the big cats.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
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Both try to exercise in semidarkness.Washington Post, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
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She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2021
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The local North Bend community where Joshua and his mother lived held a candlelight vigil honoring the 5-year-old’s memory, local KEZI 9 reported.Sean Neumann, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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On Wednesday night, protesters in downtown Seoul held a candlelight vigil and marched against Yoon, calling on him to resign.Stella Kim, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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At dusk, a procession of the faithful takes to the streets with children often dressed as angels and shepherds.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
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Crete is famous for these: the hills at dusk are all blues, violets and blacks; the sky a hundred shades of pink and orange where the sun hits the Aegean.William Leigh, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Some of these convey important information; others emerged, devoid of any useful meaning, from the marketing gloaming.Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2018
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So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez.Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
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Despite predictions of doom and gloom and the odd technology issue on the website, there is no doubt that the website still runs well.Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Republicans, after years of doom and gloom, are feeling great about the economy again.Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Half-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-light. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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