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
Set to come two weeks after the autumnal equinox, the harvest moon will provide several nights of bright moonlight in early October, the Old Farmer's Almanac added.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
This moon earned its name because farmers relied on moonlight to harvest their crops late into the night in the days before electricity.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
The kiss is, indeed, quite hot as the pair, bathed in moonlight, melt into each other’s bodies.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
All of us suddenly in a circle around Bunny, glowing whitely in the moonlight.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
This moon earned its name because farmers relied on moonlight to harvest their crops late into the night in the days before electricity.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
The kiss is, indeed, quite hot as the pair, bathed in moonlight, melt into each other’s bodies.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
All of us suddenly in a circle around Bunny, glowing whitely in the moonlight.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonlight
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Don’t use it during the day, since the sunlight can deactivate the active ingredient, and always pair its use with a moisturizer in order to offset any drying effects, adds Isaacs.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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These tiny plastic pieces emerge as bottles are made, stored, transported and broken down, and shed particles when they’re manipulated and exposed to sunlight or temperature changes, experts cautioned.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Not the beautiful, shadowy doom that Montgomery Clift brought to the screen, for instance, or the troubled, mischievous sharpness that Jeffrey Wright and Regina Hall lend to their work, but something as warming as sunshine and just as seductive.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The usual late spring / early summer version of the French Open brings some cloudy, heavy days but mostly bright sunshine and warm-to-hot temperatures.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Members of Congress have tried and failed to ban daylight saving time in recent years.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
8 Oct. 2025
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The mechanisms that enable governance—the testing methods, risk summaries, and conditions under which systems are allowed or delayed—deserve daylight.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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From this distance, Swift detected the faint ultraviolet glow of hydroxyl (OH), the product of water molecules broken apart by sunlight, the study reports.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Still, at least there are a lot of oversize-glow-stick fights along the way.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Moonlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonlight. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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