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darkness

[dahrk-nis] / ˈdɑrk nɪs /




NOUN
lack of awareness
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"I pray you know that God walks with you through that darkness," she will say.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

That frontier between light and darkness is known as the terminator.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But the questions the film confronts the viewer with, and the depths of American darkness it plummets to, are brash and critical.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

"The stripes are absolutely distinct with complete darkness between them," Medvedev said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

I told him good night and pretended to go back to the camp, but when he was out of sight, I slipped into the darkness of the trees.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff