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as in ebony
having the color of soot or coal
we adopted a little black kitten
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as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the Friday of the stock market crash was indeed a black day for the country
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as in swart
not having a light complexion
a black Irishman, Tyrone Power had the classic looks of a Hollywood leading man
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“Black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.
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