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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Gillen flipped the district in 2024, and her political survival may depend on maintaining daylight between herself and the party’s leftmost edge.
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Nik Popli, Time, 26 June 2025
Clever Again and Bob Baffert’s horse Goal Oriented, with Flavien Prat up, with precious little daylight between them.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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.
—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
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Nik Popli, Time, 26 June 2025
Clever Again and Bob Baffert’s horse Goal Oriented, with Flavien Prat up, with precious little daylight between them.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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.
—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
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“Daylight between.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20between. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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