: lighted by or as if by the sun
… these animals favor the vegetation growing in sunlit clearings …—
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In one sunlit image, a barefoot Tougaard reclines on a messy bed wearing one of the crop tops and loose Bermuda shorts from the spring 2026 collection paraded earlier this month.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Three separate terraces meanwhile offer sunlit outdoor spaces.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
All three living areas provide breezy sea vistas and open out to sunlit terraces.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Three separate terraces meanwhile offer sunlit outdoor spaces.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
All three living areas provide breezy sea vistas and open out to sunlit terraces.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Sunlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunlit. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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sunlit
adjective
sun·lit
-ˌlit 
: lighted by or as if by the sun
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