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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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"We want people across the different genres of black music to see Lakota as a venue that is open to them, where they can bring their music and their audiences."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Waterman Ski Resort, known for its steep slopes and black diamond runs, was listed for sale on Wednesday for $3,275,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

“It is a little bit of a black box,” Tang said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

There are pictures of the disturbances following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray and a gallery set up as a room in a black home with pictures on the wall and a running television program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The man dressed in black sits high on his horse.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"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

So after he does his performance, he puts back on his blacks and he does his job, and I love that for him, to have that sense of responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The straightforward intent of Title VII was to outlaw racial discrimination in the labor force, where blacks were being kept out of jobs and denied promotions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The yawning gap between the policy preferences of elites and those of rank-and-file blacks remains today, but it was just as obvious three decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

As a black policeman recalled, blacks were pointing up at one window, shouting, “He shot from that window....That is the window over there.”

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

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

It is a wonderful moment, a comic ray of light that makes the darkness of Dr. Lecter’s heart and mind all the blacker.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

When she read the dry brown words, her black mood grew blacker still.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

And like many behind bars, he was plagued by the blackest of thoughts but worried that voicing them would “burden” everyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2022

I was still trying to force back the blackest thought of all; the merest suggestion of it sent the rat’s feet of panic skittering up my spine.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Brovdi’s team drove me to the meeting points in a vehicle with the windows blacked out to obscure any glimpse of the route to secret locations somewhere in southeastern Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“But I’m so stoked that I got to go in. I blacked out, I don’t even know what I was thinking, I’m just glad I got to prove myself.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

The other divers immediately went into the water again and they found Mahdhee had blacked out.

From BBC ● May 16, 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

“It’s not just this building. The whole city is probably blacked out. Where’s Julie? Did she eat already?”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

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

Mr Choudhury said it was a miracle he survived his fall in 2021 after he asked two walkers to take his photograph before suddenly blacking out and plunging down the ravine.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

“You’d best take a swab at your shoes with a blacking brush,” she said.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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