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penumbra

noun as in eclipse

noun as in shade

noun as in shadow

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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

Eastern time on Monday, the moon will start to pass through only the outermost part of Earth’s shadow, known as the penumbra.

The penumbra of Broadway stardust she radiated accumulated over decades.

While lit with the penumbra of a spotlight aimed elsewhere, he coolly mimed the smoking of a cigarette with a kazoo.

Maybe it was a fog, or a ghost, or the emanations of the penumbras that come out of the Constitution and offer us guidance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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