ebony

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Account names include terms such as "black", "noir", "dark" and "ebony".

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Christie's had dubbed the box, decorated with ebony, as "the most important scientific instrument ever offered at auction" and it had been expected to fetch 2-3 million euros.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Far, far away in the vastness of deep space, an ebony spaceship awaits.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

The editor who came to see him told her colleagues, he recalled, that she had just discovered “a tall, ebony young man with the most inspirational fashions.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023

Her skin was a dull ebony that seemed almost purple in the light of the lamp by her bed.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers