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Recent Examples of half-light
The world these characters inhabit, within an enclave of Flushing, Queens, is a place of in-between, captured in the evocative half-light of Norm Li’s cinematography, suggesting the cool-hot glow of the title’s blue sun.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
Wagner and her colleagues used noninvasive electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes placed on the heads of four reindeer to monitor brain waves under three different lighting conditions: constant light, constant dark or half-dark and half-light to mimic equal day and night hours.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2023
The courtyard of the Four Seasons Washington DC is hot in the late July half-light.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
Wagner and her colleagues used noninvasive electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes placed on the heads of four reindeer to monitor brain waves under three different lighting conditions: constant light, constant dark or half-dark and half-light to mimic equal day and night hours.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2023
The courtyard of the Four Seasons Washington DC is hot in the late July half-light.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-light
Noun
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But batteries that bank power for after dark have changed the equation.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Over this 21-year span, 234,000 square miles of the Arctic landscape transitioned from dark to lit.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Instead of gentle concentric circles, gleaming finishes, or a mesmerizing light show, the ProArt P16 meets us with inky blackness.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Oct. 2024
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The Mid-Credits Scene — the King in Black The central plot of The Last Dance revolves around Venom trying to stop the creator of the symbiotes, Knull (Andy Serkis), from escaping his celestial prison and returning all of existence to the Void, the blackness that predates the universe.—
Richard Newby,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Back to Moravia — and his gift for physical description: The courtyard lay deserted in the bleak, subdued twilight of a sultry day.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
13 Jan. 2025
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Sunrise scene of Seoul downtown city skyline, Aerial view of N Seoul Tower at Namsan Park in twilight sky in morning.—
Amala Balakrishner,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Both try to exercise in semidarkness.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
1 Sep. 2020
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She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
3 Dec. 2021
Noun
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Citizens across Montenegro have held candlelight vigils for the victims and are planning protests demanding accountability and stronger preventive measures.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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The United Way's news release also said there would be a candlelight vigil honoring the victims at 6 p.m. Tuesday in front of the Vel Phillips statue at the State Capitol.—
Alec Johnson,
Journal Sentinel,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This bucket-list worthy kayaking experience starts at dusk and will take participants through the iconic Flowerpot Rock formations.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Piccadilly Circus is seen at dusk, on 7th January 2025, in London, England.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Some of these convey important information; others emerged, devoid of any useful meaning, from the marketing gloaming.—
Brian Barrett,
WIRED,
10 Jan. 2018
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So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez.—
Travis M. Andrews,
Washington Post,
17 July 2022
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Mercury’s entrance to Capricorn can foster doom and gloom.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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Despite the gloom, studio facilities are pushing ahead with expansion plans.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Half-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-light. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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