as in black
a time or place of little or no light
strange nocturnal noises emanated from the forbidding blackness of the forest
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Recent Examples of blackness
In 2025 and beyond, more workplaces will lean on AI tools for their DEI efforts but AI tools must have guardrails and continue to evolve; more conversations about the bias and anti-blackness baked into AI systems are necessary.
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Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The title refers to a kind of deep blackness and mourning.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Instead of gentle concentric circles, gleaming finishes, or a mesmerizing light show, the ProArt P16 meets us with inky blackness.
—PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024
There is beauty in blackness, this exhibition argues, value in places that lack light.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025
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Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The title refers to a kind of deep blackness and mourning.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Instead of gentle concentric circles, gleaming finishes, or a mesmerizing light show, the ProArt P16 meets us with inky blackness.
—PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024
There is beauty in blackness, this exhibition argues, value in places that lack light.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackness
Noun
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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
Noun
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Most Marvel Cinematic Universe fans will be unfamiliar with this nefarious dark alter ego of the mysterious crusader called Sentry, who is essentially Marvel Comics' psychotic version of DC Comics' Superman.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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For us, the best option was renting a car for transportation to and from the airport but hunkering down at the lodge after dark for the most rewarding and stress-free experience.—
Sophie Mendel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s where the darkness comes in for her, and certainly her son.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Put all those elements together, and the show remained fun and witty and insightful despite all of its darkness because viewers never got attached to any one character.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His coffin was officially sealed on Friday night in a liturgical rite led by the Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the church.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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Daboll was asked about that report on Friday night.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The art can be viewed each evening at dusk through Wednesday.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some types of mosquitoes bite during the day, while others are more active at dusk and dawn.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Their paths crossed again when Slot returned to Zwolle in the twilight of his playing days after spells at NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The ostensible reason: Benedict didn’t want his physical deterioration to paralyze the church the way John Paul II’s Parkinson’s disease did during the twilight of a papacy that lasted more than a quarter of a century.—
Howard Chua-Eoan,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And yet the announcement wasn’t all doom and gloom.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Despite all the doom and gloom and the difficult comparison to past recessions, some analysts still see green shoots.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Blackness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackness. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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