Definition of sunlit
: lighted by or as if by the sun
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The coral reefs that dominate the popular imagination—and the scientific literature—are shallow, sunlit gardens, accessible even to amateur divers.
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The glowing, sunlit room is kitted out with red Murano glass chandeliers, mirrored walls, and a small quarry’s worth of marble tables.
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The Task & Purpose military news and lifestyle website, which first reported on Bremer’s ski job, showed him in ski gear with helmet, smiling on a sunlit slope.
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Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
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The snowy, sunlit forests feel ripped right out of the equally beautiful Horizon Zero Dawn from last year.
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The main floor is largely devoted to open-plan space and includes a sunlit living room, a chef's kitchen with a long center island, and a dining and family room area.
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Solar storms are rated on a five-step scale, the biggest of which can cripple international power grids, knock out satellites and crush radio communication on the sunlit side of the Earth.
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One more element of beauty to this photo: the sunlit hail streak.
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: lighted by the sun
- sunlit fields
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