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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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Audiences have the choice to watch the series in black and white or in color.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

In one academic study, black hair was found to be 15 times more absorbent than ginger hair.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

"This work has the potential to explain the magnetic dynamics relevant in, for example, neutron star mergers and black hole formation, with direct applications to multimessenger astronomy," Tripathi says.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

The white-robed pilgrims on buses or on foot arrived at the sprawling encampment in Mina after performing the "tawaf" -- walking seven times around the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

The rest of him was a patchwork—black snout and face, orange ears and torso, pepper-gray haunches, black paws.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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