: lighted by or as if by the sun
… these animals favor the vegetation growing in sunlit clearings …—
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Another is to orient the satellites' components so that observers on the ground do not see the sunlit sides.
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Locals dress up for afternoon conversations over high tea at Le Salon, cocktails in the posh Polo Club Lounge, or leisurely weekend brunches in the sunlit Grill Room.
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Nearby sunlit peaks would provide solar power.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Locals dress up for afternoon conversations over high tea at Le Salon, cocktails in the posh Polo Club Lounge, or leisurely weekend brunches in the sunlit Grill Room.
—AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2025
Nearby sunlit peaks would provide solar power.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
Its sunlit side faces the Sun, while its Earth-facing side is in shadow.
—Marie Bladt, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Sunlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunlit. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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sunlit
adjective
sun·lit
-ˌlit 
: lighted by or as if by the sun
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