first light
noun
: the time when light is first seen in the morning : dawn
She was up at first light.
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Storm moves south on approach At first light Thursday, Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds.
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Luis Alberto Cruz, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
About 2,000 shelters were opened across Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and over 18,000 first responders were mobilized
At first light Thursday, Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds, but without a drop of rain and small waves lapping at its central beach.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
But the finding raised a question: How could dormant cells be ready to turn their machinery on at the very moment that spring’s first light trickled through the ice?
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
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Luis Alberto Cruz, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
About 2,000 shelters were opened across Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and over 18,000 first responders were mobilized
At first light Thursday, Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds, but without a drop of rain and small waves lapping at its central beach.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
May 20, 2025 3 min read The June 2025 issue of Scientific American is packed with exciting features, from magnificent mitochondria and a plan to refreeze the Arctic to the universe’s first light and recent human evolution
By Jeanna Bryner
Join Our Community of Science Lovers!
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
But the finding raised a question: How could dormant cells be ready to turn their machinery on at the very moment that spring’s first light trickled through the ice?
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
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“First light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20light. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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