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as in sunrise
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
daylight was just breaking when we stumbled out of bed
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as in daytime
the hours of light between one night and the next
there isn't a lot of daylight left, so we'd better get home soon
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as in sanity
daylights plural
the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities
nearly terrified the daylights out of him with that scream
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Recent Examples of daylight
And now, the first project about the brazen, broad daylight killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is on the way.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
These glasses emit a specific wavelength of light that simulates daylight, even on the gloomiest days.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 Dec. 2024
Apartments, on the other hand, must maximize daylight and views, which keeps the floor area small and the distance from façade to front door relatively short.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
Grading The Week: Cutting Tim Patrick was probably best thing for TP — and for Broncos, Bo Nix, DeVaughn Vele
For most Buffs fans over 35, Salaam still runs to daylight in their hearts.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
These glasses emit a specific wavelength of light that simulates daylight, even on the gloomiest days.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 Dec. 2024
Apartments, on the other hand, must maximize daylight and views, which keeps the floor area small and the distance from façade to front door relatively short.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
Grading The Week: Cutting Tim Patrick was probably best thing for TP — and for Broncos, Bo Nix, DeVaughn Vele
For most Buffs fans over 35, Salaam still runs to daylight in their hearts.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daylight
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Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter: Aug. 12, 2025 (before sunrise) This year's Aug. 12 peak of the Perseid meteor shower — the most famous and prolific meteor shower of the year — will be largely ruined by strong moonlight.Jamie Carter, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Since the park is open 24 hours, consider visiting in the very early morning before sunrise or at night after 9 p.m. – the lava glowing against the dark sky is also a majestic scene.Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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The state's average winter nighttime temperatures have warmed between four and seven degrees since 1950, according to a 2021 report from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, while winter daytime temperatures have warmed between three and four degrees.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
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Those performances are tourist events geared toward the public, as villagers march during the daytime along the town’s main road.Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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But this craving for visibility was precariously perched atop fears for his own sanity.Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
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For her own sanity, Evie ought to take a cue from Nora and just walk out of the play and cut these people out of her life.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Longtime fans voiced their unhappiness, so now the series will air on the Hallmark Channel after all and stream the next day on Hallmark+.Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2024
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Any positive glow disappeared two days later, when Carter fired five of his top officials, including the Energy, Treasury and Transportation secretaries and his attorney general.Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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The shtick was that the powers that be had changed their minds after seeing a recut version.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Her husband, my grandfather, was not only a composer who wrote liturgical music, motets, symphonies, and string quartets but also a beloved music teacher who believed that music was as crucial to the development of the mind as math.Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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That was a bold strategy at the dawn of the Napster age.Mark Sutherland, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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The peak tends to build throughout the night, with the shower best observed just before dawn.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017
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Ana Orsini, 28, a morning anchor at KOLD 13 News in Tucson, Arizona, died from a brain aneurysm, according to the station.Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Here, the two actors compare notes on their morning routines, the joys of having (and not having) children — and the annoying ways some of their fellow thespians describe their profession.Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daylight. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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