the dark
noun
1
: a state in which no light can be seen
She stumbled around in the dark until she finally found the light switch.
He's 12 years old and still afraid of the dark.
2
: a place where little or no light can be seen
The burglars hid in the dark between the two buildings.
He bought the kids special rings that glow in the dark.
3
: a state in which something is hidden or kept secret
Most of their deals were made in the dark.
4
: a state of not knowing about something
I'm in the dark about the agreement.
The public was kept in the dark about the meeting.
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Hard work done in the dark is about to bring the famed Bay Lights back to the Bay Bridge.
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Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
The next day the revival tent was gone, along with the dark-haired girl.
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Late one night, an Oxnard ambulance driver prepared to head to an emergency call and found a teenage woman there in the dark, siphoning gas from his ambulance’s tank.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
As Cuba’s economic crisis deepens and amid the fuel shortages and the blackouts, hospitals have been hard hit, leaving patients in the dark and medicine at risk of spoiling.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
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Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
The next day the revival tent was gone, along with the dark-haired girl.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Late one night, an Oxnard ambulance driver prepared to head to an emergency call and found a teenage woman there in the dark, siphoning gas from his ambulance’s tank.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
As Cuba’s economic crisis deepens and amid the fuel shortages and the blackouts, hospitals have been hard hit, leaving patients in the dark and medicine at risk of spoiling.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the dark
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“The dark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20dark. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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