daybreaks

noun

plural of daybreak
as in days
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says

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  1. days
  2. sunrises
  3. mornings
  4. dawns
  5. daylights
Noun
  • Colt’s father, Colin Gray, was sentenced to 15 years in prison two days later, as his lawyer announced plans to appeal.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Four accounts across four services were involved, and Hugging Face’s forensic timeline documents 17,600 distinct actions across four days.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of days
Noun
  • The difference can be dramatic, with evening daylight lasting later into the day while winter sunrises arrive much later.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • Usually, environmental cues such as sunrises and sunsets help set your internal clock.
    — Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of sunrises
Noun
  • On favorable mornings, colorful balloons fill the sky over the Turkish region, creating one of travel’s most photographed scenes, according to Visit Cappadocia.
    — Ashley Lynch July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Three months into her unemployment, Peralta Hernandez started the Sacramento Walk Club, inviting women around town to join her on twice-weekly walks — on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of mornings
Noun
  • Morning dawns gray and dismal, but the rain has almost ended.
    — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
    — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of dawns
Noun
  • Then the two boxers pound the daylights out of each other.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • The former daytime talk show host scared the daylights out of Kris Jenner over the weekend.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of daylights
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