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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According to former parishioners and other speeches from the new pope, the Church’s new leader sees no daylight between environmental degradation and inequality.
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Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
At the time of Bakish’s exit there was some chatter that there was considerable daylight between the CEO and Redstone over which buyer would be preferable.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Such an agreement could also create daylight between China and Russia by foiling the former’s desire to see the United States saddled with an arms race in Europe.
—A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Netanyahu wants tariff solution ‘very quickly’ Among the areas of daylight between Trump and Netanyahu was the president’s decision last week to impose 17 percent reciprocal tariffs on Israel.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
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Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
At the time of Bakish’s exit there was some chatter that there was considerable daylight between the CEO and Redstone over which buyer would be preferable.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Such an agreement could also create daylight between China and Russia by foiling the former’s desire to see the United States saddled with an arms race in Europe.
—A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Netanyahu wants tariff solution ‘very quickly’ Among the areas of daylight between Trump and Netanyahu was the president’s decision last week to impose 17 percent reciprocal tariffs on Israel.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Daylight between.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20between. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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