penumbra
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The lighter one, called the penumbra, will not have too much effect but the umbra, the inner and darker shadow, will darken the Moon.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024
But the Earth also casts a wider, and lighter, shadow, called the penumbra, which extends away from the planet at an angle.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024
His non-adult fiction occupies a penumbra between “not really classics” and “better than most of the crap pushed at kids.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023
His voice is a baritone croon with an electronic penumbra, in a track that hints at old soul translated into ghostly electronics.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022
The late afternoon sun was behind his back, so that he glowed at the edges — shadow, penumbra.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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