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darkness

[dahrk-nis] / ˈdɑrk nɪs /




NOUN
lack of awareness
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Its upper floors stand ripped open to the sky, concrete hangs in jagged slabs and a smoke-blackened staircase disappears into darkness.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

His rhetoric took on elements of Eastern Orthodoxy and of darkness and light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

How ironic that this is so often how she appears in the film: shrouded in darkness, barely visible, her eyes glowing through the shadows and begging for someone to see the real her.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

“We searched Albuquerque to find the right kind of rooftop and building to frame her in light, but with darkness around her,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The six of us stay silently huddled together in the darkness, waves of shock, fear and disbelief washing over us.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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