first light
noun
: the time when light is first seen in the morning : dawn
She was up at first light.
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Chasing gestures and glimmers of memory, the film returns to Cao Thị Hậu’s birth cave alongside cinema’s first light.
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Cátia Rodrigues, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
That is, the process that (within the first three minutes after the big bang) produced the first light elements --- hydrogen, helium, and tiny amounts of lithium and beryllium.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
As always, the best time to watch for Perseids is from 11 p.m. or midnight straight on until the first light of dawn.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Search efforts continued through about 1 a.m. Thursday and commenced at first light.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
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Cátia Rodrigues, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
That is, the process that (within the first three minutes after the big bang) produced the first light elements --- hydrogen, helium, and tiny amounts of lithium and beryllium.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
As always, the best time to watch for Perseids is from 11 p.m. or midnight straight on until the first light of dawn.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Search efforts continued through about 1 a.m. Thursday and commenced at first light.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
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“First light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20light. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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