as in gloominess
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Noun
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And yet the announcement wasn’t all doom and gloom.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025 -
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
Noun
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The text gets smaller and quieter in the next three panels, followed by three extraordinary solid panels of inky blackness.—
Art Spiegelman,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
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In each image, a patch of purple with neon pink veins floats in the blackness of space, surrounded by flecks of light.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Where cost per ton, energy inputs, and integration pathways will decide who wins contracts from Microsoft and Stripe — and who fades into obscurity.—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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While many frontier towns have faded into obscurity, Pray still has its own zip code—59865—thanks to this working government service.—
Colin Burke,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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