: lighted by or as if by the sun
… these animals favor the vegetation growing in sunlit clearings …—
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Martinez woke up to a warm, sunlit morning.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Sweep a 6-inch telescope across the line separating night from dark — known as the terminator — slightly above the lunar equator to find the Montes Apennines mountain range curving from the shadowed to the sunlit side of the Earth's satellite.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
This gives us more sunlit hours in the evening during the warmest-weather months, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
—Rosie Colosi, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
Nearby are a sunlit breakfast area, a media room, and an extensive pantry and service hall that open into the corner dining room.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2026
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Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Sweep a 6-inch telescope across the line separating night from dark — known as the terminator — slightly above the lunar equator to find the Montes Apennines mountain range curving from the shadowed to the sunlit side of the Earth's satellite.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
This gives us more sunlit hours in the evening during the warmest-weather months, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
—Rosie Colosi, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
Nearby are a sunlit breakfast area, a media room, and an extensive pantry and service hall that open into the corner dining room.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sunlit
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“Sunlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunlit. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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sunlit
adjective
sun·lit
-ˌlit 
: lighted by or as if by the sun
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