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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Love—the claire-obscure arabesque of the Nabokovian universe."
The Trouble With Ardor Alexander Theroux 2011
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The room was beautiful in this light, shadow-banded, all lines and gaps, claire-obscure, and she walked over to him, untrusting of course, and motioned for him to sit back on his haunches.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The room was beautiful in this light, shadow-banded, all lines and gaps, claire-obscure, and she walked over to him, untrusting of course, and motioned for him to sit back on his haunches.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The room was beautiful in this light, shadow-banded, all lines and gaps, claire-obscure, and she walked over to him, untrusting of course, and motioned for him to sit back on his haunches.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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