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black

[blak] / blæk /
ADJECTIVE
lacking hue and brightness; light-absorbing.
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ADJECTIVE
enveloped in darkness
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The possibility of producing black holes at the LHC emerged roughly two decades ago.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

Creating any black hole requires squeezing a large amount of energy into an extremely small region.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

The search did not uncover evidence of quantum black holes.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

"So what do you need to make a black hole? Well, you have to compress some energy into a really small volume," Giddings explained.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

Caesar’s black coat shimmers, sweeps, and flaps outward and over Midnight’s black hair.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In 2000-19, the prison-admission rate for violent crime dropped 20% for whites, 43% for blacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

Fiel, vice president of brand and creative at the AI-native startup Newton, loves reinventions of utilitarian clothing, favoring functional pieces in deep greens and blacks.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

So after he does his performance, he puts back on his blacks and he does his job, and I love that for him, to have that sense of responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

And they enjoy considerably more support among white and upper-income Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents than among blacks, Hispanics and lower-income voters.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Three years later, the Fourteenth Amendment granted blacks full citizenship.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

“Liberation Day” is different only in that the humor is a little blacker, the fears of our exploitation more intense.

From Washington Post Oct. 21, 2022

At the same time, Mira’s suit is noticeably sleeker and blacker, less rubbery and reflective than Cheung’s, which feels like a nod to an increasingly digital, effects-reliant medium.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2022

“It’s big, and it’s blacker than coal,” Jewitt said.

From Scientific American Apr. 14, 2022

It is a wonderful moment, a comic ray of light that makes the darkness of Dr. Lecter’s heart and mind all the blacker.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

Outside, Fred saw treetops swaying and clouds blacker than any he’d ever seen in any sky—even when Dog Squad did their tornado-chaser episode.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Being on the “state sponsor of terrorism” list is the blackest of designations for any country.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2025

Semple, who went to war with fellow artist Anish Kapoor over the latter’s exclusive rights to the world’s blackest of blacks, made his first red when he was 17.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2024

Comparisons with other major tropical rivers show that the Ruki may even be the blackest large blackwater river on Earth -- it's certainly a lot darker than the famous Rio Negro in the Amazon.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

I was still trying to force back the blackest thought of all; the merest suggestion of it sent the rat’s feet of panic skittering up my spine.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

A cavalcade of blacked out Mercedes, flanked by police cars, rolled into the Fifa headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, earlier this week.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

“But I’m so stoked that I got to go in. I blacked out, I don’t even know what I was thinking, I’m just glad I got to prove myself.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

This president’s name is no mystery to readers, but perhaps out of legal caution it always appears blacked out, as though the novel were a redacted intelligence document.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Standing on third base with the Birmingham crowd roaring, Ruiz said, “Honestly, I didn’t know what was going on. I blacked out.”

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

No lights showed, because the windows were blacked out permanently so as not to spoil the darkness for their telescopes.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

The high surf in California comes as another storm system, Hurricane Lowell, lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, blacking out power across most of one island.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

The Acton Town Council told the utilities commission in January that Edison was blacking out residents when dangerous conditions “do not exist.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

"I was blacking out and fainting," Ms Davies, a tattoo artist, said.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2024

“I think the reason that you redact records like this, records that are just silly to redact in the first place, it’s about normalizing the blacking out of records,” he said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2023

I recall the first instance where I fully credited his quick parts: I observed him blacking his master’s shoes.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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