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twilight

[twahy-lahyt] / ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt /


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The show started unusually on time, just moments past 7:30 p.m., at peak twilight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A clear view of the western sky will help observers catch Mercury before it disappears into the twilight glow.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

With each instructive and poetic chapter, she shows us how time used to be measured by birdsong and flower bud, the color of twilight and the wide wheel of stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

After looking at the twilight without, for a little while, she went on to say:—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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