crepuscular
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The catalog’s full-page reproductions, in spectacular colors or crepuscular monochromes, are frequently transporting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Over on YouTube, their crepuscular 2005 album track Take Me Somewhere Nice has been streamed 85 million times.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
The study, published last month in the journal Biological Conservation, found that Southland mountain lions became more nocturnal and less crepuscular — i.e., active at dusk or dawn — in popular recreation areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
For instance, ungulates, such as bison, and coyotes are generally crepuscular, or most active at dusk and dawn, whereas alligators are diurnal and nocturnal.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2022
And Daddy is smiling like he’s feeling the sun on his skin after a lifetime in a crepuscular cave.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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