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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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Four years later, Jackson became the first black candidate to capture a majority of Democratic primary voters under 30.

From The Wall Street Journal

He used the legal victories of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil-rights leaders to become one of the most significant black leaders of his generation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Right now she was even wearing makeup: a tiny smear of brown over her eyes, black on her eyelashes, a smudge of red on her cheeks.

From Literature

It had white shell beaches, pale gold sand, and tumbled black rocks where the spray threw rainbows into the sky.

From Literature

In a video, he said the right side of his heart was “like, black. It’s like done.”

From Los Angeles Times