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darkening

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  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of darken

noun darkenings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of something becoming darker. At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—t

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noun act of something becoming darker

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"darkening." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/darkening. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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darkening. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/darkening

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"darkening." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/darkening.

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@misc{darkening_2026,
  title = {darkening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/darkening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}