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black

[blak] / blæk /
ADJECTIVE
lacking hue and brightness; light-absorbing.
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ADJECTIVE
enveloped in darkness
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Eufaula's population is now racially diverse, with white and black residents accounting for roughly 45% each.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Once Poland's black gold, the sector is now surviving only on life support as the country slowly transitions to cleaner energy sources.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

But the black market continues to thrive and state regulation has proved toothless.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

With his slick black hair and steely gaze, he was practically born for the part.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

The smoke from the burger place blurs the leaves above me until a breeze rustles through, clearing the air and exposing a huge black sign with neon-green.and-yellow lettering over the trees.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

What 250 years means: To me, it means that we’re still here, we’re living, we’re breathing… The blacks and browns, you know, us sticking together, I feel like we accomplished a lot in 250 years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

At the time, one Nigerian man told BBC Pidgin: "It is not okay because we are blacks, we are brothers... everybody comes here just to survive."

From BBC May 3, 2026

After yesterday's first session, O'Sullivan led 7-2, and stretched that advantage with a break of 62 before potting nine reds and eight blacks at the start of the 10th frame.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

Polling has long shown that large majorities of blacks support vouchers and other school-choice policies.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Their march set an example for other middle-class blacks.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

The former journalist, who was documenting the wreckage during his descent, described the darkness of the Atlantic ocean as "blacker than you could ever imagine" with temperatures dropping to 2C.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2023

“Liberation Day” is different only in that the humor is a little blacker, the fears of our exploitation more intense.

From Washington Post Oct. 21, 2022

But now with more inclusive views of beauty, we celebrate Blackness of all shades including the classic Tupac homage “the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.”

From Scientific American Jun. 17, 2022

‘Happiness’ Black comedies don’t come much blacker than Todd Solondz’s unrated, controversial 1998 tale of suburbia and its discontents.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2022

My skin seems blacker than the skin I started with.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Semple, who went to war with fellow artist Anish Kapoor over the latter’s exclusive rights to the world’s blackest of blacks, made his first red when he was 17.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2024

His people have shimmering skins rendered in the blackest of tones; in some cases they camouflage themselves into shadow and night.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2023

Comparisons with other major tropical rivers show that the Ruki may even be the blackest large blackwater river on Earth -- it's certainly a lot darker than the famous Rio Negro in the Amazon.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

When winds were bearable, we sought bliss, sat, admired the aurora australis as an escape from our blackest abyss.

From Scientific American Jun. 19, 2023

Ahead, all around, was nothing but space and the blackest of nights.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

This president’s name is no mystery to readers, but perhaps out of legal caution it always appears blacked out, as though the novel were a redacted intelligence document.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Standing on third base with the Birmingham crowd roaring, Ruiz said, “Honestly, I didn’t know what was going on. I blacked out.”

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

The sky blacked by the smoke from flaming vehicles was visible from Saunders's suite in a luxury hotel along Puerto Vallarta's main strip.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

"This is a political joke," Bondi said as Massie continued to press her on why some people's names, including billionaire Les Wexner, had been blacked out from the files initially.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

One time he blacked out all but the salutation “Dear Mary” from a letter, and at the bottom he wrote, “I yearn for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Mr Rogers, 20, passed away after blacking out during a swim training session at Armagh's Orchard Leisure Centre in April 2017.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2025

"I was blacking out and fainting," Ms Davies, a tattoo artist, said.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2024

He said it was the closest he had come to blacking out onstage.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2023

“I think the reason that you redact records like this, records that are just silly to redact in the first place, it’s about normalizing the blacking out of records,” he said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2023

The on-again-and-off-again clouds got to be always on and they ended up blacking out the moon two nights later.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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