crepuscular
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Nightjars are crepuscular ground-nesting birds meaning they emerge at twilight and can be seen hunting for food at dusk and dawn.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
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
As “Women Talking” opens, women assemble in the crepuscular shadows of the barn to decide what they will do: Nothing?
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023
In the crepuscular light, he is connected again, bound to his father and, through him, to all the family back in Zundert.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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