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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The daylight between the Rubio and Trump responses raised new questions about administration’s foreign policy in general and in the Middle East in particular.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
On the West Coast, Los Angeles welcomes the solstice at 7:42 PM PDT, marking 14 hours and 25 minutes of daylight between 5:41 AM and 8:07 PM.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
According to former parishioners and other speeches from the new pope, the Church’s new leader sees no daylight between environmental degradation and inequality.
—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
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
On the West Coast, Los Angeles welcomes the solstice at 7:42 PM PDT, marking 14 hours and 25 minutes of daylight between 5:41 AM and 8:07 PM.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
According to former parishioners and other speeches from the new pope, the Church’s new leader sees no daylight between environmental degradation and inequality.
—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
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“Daylight between.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20between. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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