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darkness

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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light the raiding party snuck up under cover of darkness

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as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning the darkness of certain passages in the Book of Revelation

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as in night
the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight let's wait for darkness before telling ghost stories

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as in cloud
an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom the darkness of that period of my life is best forgotten

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“Darkness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkness. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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