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
  • In recent days, though, broadcasters have predicted the spectacle will cause the regular half-time break to be extended, much to the annoyance of soccer purists.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Since a June 9 flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City ahead of the tournament's opening match, the aircraft averaged more than one flight a day and on multiple days made more than three, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of days
Noun
  • The smoke can also limit temperatures amid an ongoing heat dome, and where the smoke is not as thick in the sky, create vivid sunrises and sunsets, AccuWeather said.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 July 2026
  • Looking ahead to early next week, some Saharan dust builds into DFW, causing some reduction in air quality, dusty skies and more colorful sunrises and sunsets.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of sunrises
Noun
  • This would mean no more changing the clocks twice a year and more evening daylight—and even darker winter mornings.
    — Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 17 July 2026
  • For families juggling grocery bills and hectic mornings, that math is the reason Dollar Tree’s protein aisle keeps showing up on shopper roundups and social feeds.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 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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