as in to occur (to)
to enter the mind of
it finally dawned on me that I had been going the wrong way
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“Dawn (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dawn%20%28on%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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