as in sun
the light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves spent a week at the shore soaking up the sunshine and salt air

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Recent Examples of sunshine Recorded across Germany, Mexico and Parcels’ native Australia, the band’s upcoming third album, LOVED, plays like a soundtrack to eating mangoes in the sunshine — which is, as vocalist-guitarist Jules Crommelin says, exactly what the group did while making it. Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025 Perhaps all the sunshine and water (and reptiles) loosened Kelce up. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025 Retriever Is Terrified of Baby Cousin, Then Something Shifts Mom Captures Hysterical Way Golden Retriever Winds Up Toddler Brother Stock image: Two Labrador retrievers run together across a meadow in the sunshine. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025 Summer sunshine isn’t always enough to meet your body's vitamin D needs. Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sunshine
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  • It's hoped that NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal hundreds of thousands of previously undetected exoplanets — planets orbiting stars other than the sun — and reveal systems containing planets that align from Earth's point of view.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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  • Well, while other planets in our solar system are anything but habitable for humans, Mars gets a decent amount of sunlight, has water sources and is already a planet where humanity has sent robotic rovers to scout the terrain.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And try to get a good dose of sunlight in the morning to jump start the body’s daily cycle.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Sunshine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunshine. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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