first light

noun

: the time when light is first seen in the morning : dawn
She was up at first light.

Examples of first light in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And people were buzzing about the forthcoming Vera Rubin Observatory, set for first light in April or May 2025. Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024 The road was largely empty at first light on Sept. 26, with what drivers there were mostly heading northeast, towards higher ground. Heather Hollingsworth and Stephen Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024 The conditions were so bad that the operation was suspended overnight and only resumed at first light, the police statement said. Peter Guo, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024 Her mother, who usually woke up at five, had padded across to the house at first light, wearing her bathrobe and the red slipper socks that Molly had given her one Christmas, and started rooting around in the kitchen. Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for first light 

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“First light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20light. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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