- superlative of dark.
darkest
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Bond investors would do well to remember that it’s often darkest before the dawn.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
The festival falls on the darkest night of the Hindu lunar month of Kartik, when the moon is not visible in the sky.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
King Charles III begins a delicate tour of the Caribbean Tuesday, overshadowed by calls to apologise and pay reparations for the slave trade, which he has called the "darkest days" of British history.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
This is a skillset of someone who is happiest in the darkest corners of government—the swampiest of swamps—a realm of acronyms, white papers, and multihyphenate bureaucracies.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
On the fourth night, it was Rosh Chodesh, a new moon, when the night sky is at its darkest, lit by naught but the light of stars.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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