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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Cornyn, who made sure there was never a dime's worth of daylight between him and Bush on the issues, ran 14 points behind the governor.
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 28 Dec. 2025
Ukraine’s supporters are consistently wary of Orbán but aren’t expending too much energy to protect against his visit to the White House, buoyed by the daylight between Budapest and the White House, given Trump’s increasing frustration with Putin.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 7 Nov. 2025
But for now there’s whole lot of daylight between AI giants and Hollywood firms.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
But there’s a lot of daylight between $200 million and, say, $113 million.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 28 Dec. 2025
Ukraine’s supporters are consistently wary of Orbán but aren’t expending too much energy to protect against his visit to the White House, buoyed by the daylight between Budapest and the White House, given Trump’s increasing frustration with Putin.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 7 Nov. 2025
But for now there’s whole lot of daylight between AI giants and Hollywood firms.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
But there’s a lot of daylight between $200 million and, say, $113 million.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Daylight between.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20between. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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