daylighting

noun

day·​light·​ing ˈdā-ˌlī-tiŋ 

: illumination of indoor spaces by natural light

Examples of daylighting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In New York City, the city council is considering a bill that would end the city’s longstanding daylighting exemption. —Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025

What To Know California's daylighting law, officially known as Assembly Bill 413, aims to make pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers safer by preventing vehicles from blocking visibility. —Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025

Even when the concept isn’t bad (the daylighting law), implementation seems universally, profoundly abysmal. —Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025

Some intersections in downtown and midtown, like Capitol Avenue and 18th Street, use bike and scooter racks for daylighting. —Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025

An additional 26 parking spaces will be removed throughout the area due to California's new daylighting law. —Nadia Lopez, Axios, 4 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for daylighting

• alighting
• backbiting
• bullfighting
• delighting
• exciting
• firefighting
• handwriting
• highlighting
• igniting
• inciting
• indicting
• infighting