1
as in sunrise
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
we stayed up talking until dawn
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2
as in beginning
the point at which something begins
the dawn of civilization
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as in to start
to come into existence
a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke
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Recent Examples of dawn
Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Bikes must be equipped with lights when operated between dusk and dawn.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Many of them dawn custom paint jobs and chrome details.
—Zach Jaworski, NPR, 18 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In the former, a trail of sparkles follows visitors’ fingers on a touchscreen showing a film about the dawn of telecoms whilst the history of transport is told by eerily-lifelike soaring statues created by WETA, the firm behind the effects in the Lord of the Rings films.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Bikes must be equipped with lights when operated between dusk and dawn.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
The realization may dawn that this conflict is not essentially about territory.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Many of them dawn custom paint jobs and chrome details.
—Zach Jaworski, NPR, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dawn
Noun
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The statement said that between sunrise and sunset, the no-fly zone would apply except for manned aircraft which had filed a flight plan and had a transponder switched on.—
Brendan Cole
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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This is the final notable planet parade until October 2028, when five planets will be visible together, once again before sunrise.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The beginning of the evening was marked by an intimate performance on behalf of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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And targeting, torturing, and murdering political opponents, rivals, and critics have marked the conflict since its beginning.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead, Kansas City schools - many of which started classes this week - will have to get creative to balance both environments.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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That could mean the index is vulnerable to a pullback if the tech sector starts to falter — especially at a moment when many investors fear the megacaps are priced for perfection.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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And yet, the dawning of light in Elordi’s eyes breathes life into the old tale.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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This is the dawning of the age of school choice.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Since Nomad’s inception, Bellavance-Lecompte and his cofounder Giorgio Pace, an avant-garde curator, have seen the fair resonate in the fashion world, while drawing chief executive officers from the sector’s biggest conglomerates.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Rare Impact Fund — which was previously held in 2023 and 2024 — has raised more than $20 million and supported 30 nonprofit partners across five continents since its 2020 inception.—
Katie Atkinson,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Poland has reported the entry of Russian drones and missiles multiple times since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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During World War II, Jenkins began selling items like monuments, tombstones, furniture, home appliances, toys and gifts, in addition to their usual music products.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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The two countries last month agreed to extend the trade truce by another 90 days, to mid-November.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Tesla had been at the impound lot for two days after being found abandoned on a Hollywood street, investigators said.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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New York — Two key reports released Thursday showed the US economy may be in a state of early-onset stagflation — a toxic one-two punch of slow economic growth and rising prices.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Whereas Gamow had a scheme that the elements of the periodic table were forged in an early, hot, nucleosynthetic state shortly after the onset of the hot Big Bang, Hoyle claimed, correctly mind you, that the nuclear physics simply wouldn’t work out.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Dawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dawn. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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