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gloaming

[gloh-ming] / ˈgloʊ mɪŋ /


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At the point where gloaming meets night, we also lose the horizon line, so necessary for navigation by the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I’m more of an evening than a morning person, so this arrangement makes viewing Mercury easier for me, and I’m always delighted when I can catch it in the gloaming.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

Two hours later in the California gloaming, List secured an even better treat for little Ryann List.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2022

Here’s to their eternal gloaming on the brightest Seattle summer days, to their pull tabs and to their stink of late-night desperation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

The rain was done and the cloudy gloaming had become true twilight.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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