as in sunlight
the light of the moon
A figure appeared in the moonlight. a moonlight cruise down the river
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Recent Examples of moonlight
The timing of the chorus moves earlier as the Sun rises earlier—and may be influenced by temperature, weather and moonlight.
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Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Book a kayak or paddleboard tour with Outer Banks Kayak Adventures for a morning or moonlight paddle through the marshes of the Roanoke Sound and Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Featuring fire dancers, live music, and DJ sets that keep the party going as moonlight floods the bay, these celebrations are so popular that regional ferries often change their schedules just to accommodate attendees.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Some businesses don’t allow truck parking during the day but moonlight as a parking area after hours to make money off the truckers, 78% of whom aren’t reimbursed for their parking costs.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Book a kayak or paddleboard tour with Outer Banks Kayak Adventures for a morning or moonlight paddle through the marshes of the Roanoke Sound and Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Featuring fire dancers, live music, and DJ sets that keep the party going as moonlight floods the bay, these celebrations are so popular that regional ferries often change their schedules just to accommodate attendees.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Some businesses don’t allow truck parking during the day but moonlight as a parking area after hours to make money off the truckers, 78% of whom aren’t reimbursed for their parking costs.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonlight
Noun
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Microplastics in the atmosphere contribute to global warming by absorbing sunlight, Shindell said.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Expect a mostly cloudy sky, with a few peeks of sunshine on Saturday.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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For major criminals, the city seemed to offer not only impunity but also sunshine, an easy life style, and safety.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There isn’t much daylight between the NCAA and pro leagues on this topic.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 May 2026
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During daylight hours, open drapes and blinds to maximize heat from direct sunlight.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The steady light of Saturn will shine below the Great Square of Pegasus with Mars lower still on the eastern horizon, close to the glow of the Pleiades open cluster.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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With recent collaborations with tech titans like NVIDIA and hardware experts like Kinova, AtkinsRéalis is building an ecosystem where the next generation of energy is managed by machines that never tire and fear nothing, even the invisible glow of a reactor core.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Moonlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonlight. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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