Dawning and Sunset

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Dawning

Dawning noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.
Usage example: the cold, gray dawning of a wintry day
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Sunset is an antonym for dawning in dawn topic.
Nearby Words: dawn, dawned

Sunset

Sunset noun - The time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness.
Usage example: the glow of the western sky at sunset
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Dawning is an antonym for sunset.
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  • Twilight of the Old West As the story wraps up, Scrooge, himself a symbol of the dawning 20th century, thinks to himself as he watches the others leave that the West "is riding off into its last sunset".
    Source: Twilight of the Old West
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