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crepuscular

[kri-puhs-kyuh-ler] / krɪˈpʌs kyə lər /






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Jared A. Sayeg’s crepuscular lighting and Kate Bergh’s humanizing costumes lend contrast and texture to the world-building scenic design.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The catalog’s full-page reproductions, in spectacular colors or crepuscular monochromes, are frequently transporting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Over on YouTube, their crepuscular 2005 album track Take Me Somewhere Nice has been streamed 85 million times.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

“The Bourgeois Gentleman” and “The Forced Marriage” each steer Molière toward crepuscular absurdity.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Colonel Korn was an untidy disdainful man with an oily skin and deep, hard lines running almost straight down from his nose between his crepuscular jowls and his square, clefted chin.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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