as in sunrise
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
a gorgeous pink aurora aroused us out of our slumber
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Recent Examples of aurora
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are waves of light created when the solar wind strikes the atmosphere, creating a display of moving lights in the night sky.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
What are the best places in Wisconsin to watch the aurora borealis?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
How a sunless world develops auroras The study reveals shifts in temperature, cloud cover, and changes in chemistry as SIMP-0136 rotated.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
The Carrington Event produced widespread aurora, visible even close to the equator, and caused disruption to telegraph machines.
—Ryan French, The Conversation, 24 Sep. 2025
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
What are the best places in Wisconsin to watch the aurora borealis?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
How a sunless world develops auroras The study reveals shifts in temperature, cloud cover, and changes in chemistry as SIMP-0136 rotated.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
The Carrington Event produced widespread aurora, visible even close to the equator, and caused disruption to telegraph machines.
—Ryan French, The Conversation, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aurora
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Before sunrise Wednesday, all but one Alameda County agency pulled public access to communications between officers and dispatchers, completing a region-wide shift toward secrecy that has prompted alarm among police accountability and First Amendment advocates.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Expect the prettiest sunrise views every morning.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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The game marked the NBA’s formal return to NBC, ending a hiatus of 8,532 days since the last time an American pro basketball game that counts was broadcast on the network.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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So to be there, back in my home state, to cover something that was just so unthinkable, reprehensible, that's always stayed with me, just talking to people in the days and hours after that tragedy.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Try top-water lures at dawn, dusk and cloudy days for black bass.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Its hours are from dawn to dusk every day of the year.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The following morning, Speak discovered his friend after arriving at his house to pick him up, the intention being to take him to Manchester Airport for a flight to Dubai.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That would track with current projections, which have four movies expected to crack double digits in total nominations on Oscar morning.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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On the morn of Liberation Day, Trump called out four other Republican senators — Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell — for pushing back on his plan.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The light green safari shade is especially fun, or go for an aquatic vibe with the icy morn/sea wave two-combo.—
Rena Behar,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2023
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“Aurora.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aurora. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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