daylight between

idiom

: distance or difference between (people or things)

They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions.

The team has won five straight games to put some daylight between themselves and their nearest rivals.

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For now, at least, there appears to be some daylight between the median justice on the Supreme Court, and the most extreme elements within the judiciary. —

Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 There has been some daylight between Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on the Comstock Act in the past. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024 Harris has tried to put some daylight between herself and Biden on the issue, emphasizing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza on the campaign trail. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 But Nixon and Kissinger prevailed, allowing no daylight between Washington and Islamabad. —

Harold H. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014 See all Example Sentences for daylight between

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