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gloaming

[gloh-ming] / ˈgloʊ mɪŋ /


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At the point where gloaming meets night, we also lose the horizon line, so necessary for navigation by the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

I’m more of an evening than a morning person, so this arrangement makes viewing Mercury easier for me, and I’m always delighted when I can catch it in the gloaming.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023

This golden-hour gloaming lends the show a dreamy, fairy-tale quality.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

Two hours later in the California gloaming, List secured an even better treat for little Ryann List.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2022

The rain was done and the cloudy gloaming had become true twilight.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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