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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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Most black truffles now come from truffle plantations or cultivated truffle grounds, where trees have had their roots soaked in a truffle‑based slurry to encourage the fungus to grow.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Mourners laid flowers and lit candles beneath a black and white image of De Miguel at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez, Tenerife's home ground.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

There’s a small club called Studio with black velvet walls and six Renaissance portrait “paintings” in ornate frames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Could a single black hole somehow divide into two smaller ones?

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

There was a slice of black bread for each prisoner, too, then nothing more until we were given a ladle of turnip soup and a small boiled potato late in the afternoon.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"It could have been anyone. He opened fire on blacks, Arabs. He knew the majority of the population here in Trappes is Muslim," a local shopkeeper of North African origin told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

For blacks, it decreased 43%, which was driven “exclusively” by a 47% reduction in black violent crime, according to the study.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

An Emerson College survey last year put overall support for the tax-credit program at 64%, including 61% of Democrats, 68% of Hispanics and 63% of blacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Those blacks who worked in the Union Stock Yard had every reason to be cautious.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

“It’s big, and it’s blacker than coal,” Jewitt said.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 14, 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

Slowly, I measured the glistening black drops, seeing them settle upon the surface and become blacker still, spreading suddenly out to the edges.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

“The contrast between that and the moon is so extreme — the moon becomes the blackest thing you’ve ever seen. ... It’s just like a hole punched in the universe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

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

He held up a somewhat furry morsel of blackest licorice.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

In another video, the same woman debriefs the experience: “I just blacked out and spent nearly 600 euros at the French pharmacies. So, let’s go through everything I got.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Ahmadzai was driven to court in a grey Hyundai i30 with blacked out windows for the hearing.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

With Pompeii’s sun blacked out, he stumbles around in the dark with a flashlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

A third undated snap shows the former US president reclining in a hot tub beside someone whose face is blacked out to protect their identity.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

I’d hoped, faintly, that he might have blacked it all out.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

This week Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, blacking out power across most of one island.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Acton Town Council told the utilities commission in January that Edison was blacking out residents when dangerous conditions “do not exist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

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

Those moderators have publicly protested earlier Reddit decisions, most recently blacking out much of the site for days when Reddit announced plans to start charging many third-party apps for access to its content.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

Barely made it to shore before blacking out.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin


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