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as in sunrise
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
daylight was just breaking when we stumbled out of bed
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as in daytime
the hours of light between one night and the next
there isn't a lot of daylight left, so we'd better get home soon
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as in sanity
daylights plural
the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities
nearly terrified the daylights out of him with that scream
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Recent Examples of daylight
Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
There’s no daylight, so the body loses its natural sense of time.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The Navajo Nation, which is in parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, does follow daylight saving time.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The daylight felt brighter there.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
There’s no daylight, so the body loses its natural sense of time.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The Navajo Nation, which is in parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, does follow daylight saving time.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The daylight felt brighter there.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daylight
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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
Noun
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Attenborough earned the Daytime Emmy award for outstanding daytime personality (non-daily) — for his hosting and narrating the Netflix show .—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Neubrand was there the night of the crash and returned in the daytime, but no one found evidence.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
18 Oct. 2025
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For anyone living with a pet—or just the evidence of one—this vacuum might save your sanity.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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The vagueness and disorientation are plausibly by design, meant to evoke the fracturing of Lisa’s sanity, perhaps.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Islamabad — Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have flared in recent days with the exchange of deadly gunfire between the neighbors that has stoked fears of a wider conflict.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Her 107-day run was the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Payton lost his mind, running onto the field, drawing a penalty.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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These disorienting films linger on the mind long after the credits roll.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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On the fashion front, Schumacher, which was founded in New York by Parisian Frederic Schumacher in 1889, has been a pioneer in collaborations from its dawn.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Days start before dawn and revolve around meditation and meals.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Oct. 2025
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Keith Pelley has had four months now to get a closer glimpse of the day-to-day operations of the Toronto Maple Leafs via close interactions with general manager Brad Treliving and head coach Craig Berube.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Netflix head Bela Bajaria didn’t seem into it.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
16 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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“Daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daylight. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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