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sunset

Definition for sunset

noun as in fall of sun below horizon

Strongest matches

dusk, nightfall, sundown, twilight

Strong matches

eve, evening, eventide, gloaming

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Mars may be known as the red planet, but sunsets there are “a gorgeous blue.”

She takes a moment to enjoy the beautifully orange fall sunset in the distance.

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It’s like a never-ending sunset, casting an endless afterglow on the land below.

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If her globe-shaped tummy had been a real globe, she would have gone from sunrise to sunset, just like that.

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The sky was streaked with spiraling ribbons of smoke that rose from farmhouse chimneys and disappeared into the orange blaze of the sunset.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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