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.

Examples of daylight between in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And in practical terms, Eskamani, who used to work at Planned Parenthood, said there was little daylight between parental notification and parental consent in the first place. —Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024

There is also no perceptible daylight between Sisi and the military, which has expanded its economic power considerably during Sisi’s presidency. —Eric Trager, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2017

Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel, the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous. —Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 Mar. 2024

Without much daylight between Roth and himself, Green didn’t have as strong a desire to defeat him. —Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023

Even in an election year, when the Conservative government and its Labour Party opponents are clashing over almost everything, there is not a glimmer of daylight between them on Ukraine, the biggest foreign policy challenge facing the country. —Mark Landler, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024

When together, there was minimal daylight between them regarding Shannon. —Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023

In multiple speeches, Biden made clear there was no daylight between the United States and Israel and unveiled plans to boost U.S. military aid to the Jewish state by billions of dollars. —Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023

Many of the institutional reforms and organizational changes Xi has wrought have focused on ensuring there is no daylight between the party and the military. —David M. Finkelstein, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2023