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gloaming

[gloh-ming] / ˈgloʊ mɪŋ /


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The curious light of gloaming makes the landscape alien to us as color bleeds slowly away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

I’m more of an evening than a morning person, so this arrangement makes viewing Mercury easier for me, and I’m always delighted when I can catch it in the gloaming.

From Scientific American Aug. 17, 2023

So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez.

From Washington Post Jul. 17, 2022

“In Gates’s telling,” noted our reviewer, Jon Meacham, the Black church “shines bright even as the nation itself moves uncertainly through the gloaming, seeking justice on earth.”

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2022

The rain was done and the cloudy gloaming had become true twilight.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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