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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, 16 Feb. 2026
The change often reignites debates about whether daylight saving time should exist at all.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Rainy weather driving tips Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Everyone stumbling out into the daylight around 3:30 p.m. after a four-hour boozy lunch in a dark ballroom was a funny scene.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The change often reignites debates about whether daylight saving time should exist at all.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Rainy weather driving tips Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Everyone stumbling out into the daylight around 3:30 p.m. after a four-hour boozy lunch in a dark ballroom was a funny scene.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daylight
Noun
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The second storm is forecast to touch down in the North Bay before spreading through the rest of the Bay Area around sunrise on Tuesday, Behringer said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Rain could linger through the evening across the metro area but should clear by sunrise Sunday morning.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Temperatures remained solidly below freezing during both daytime and nighttime for several consecutive days — a rarity at a statewide scale for Texas.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Houston Chronicle,
13 Feb. 2026
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Each brand was represented through a daytime and an evening look, said Edwina Kulego, vice president of global business development and growth at Project’s parent, Informa Markets.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Voters must understand that the college affordability crisis was engineered by perverse incentives and that free-market reforms can help restore sanity to the system.—
Neetu Arnold,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Save your rosary beads — and your sanity — for whenever Sweden comes on the TV.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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For the second time in five days, an American figure skater with serious medal hopes could not meet expectations.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Here, the gentle tide creeps back and forth as a soothing marker of the passing day.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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Naumov doesn’t enter with the same pressure as Malinin but has already exceeded expectations in his mind.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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For the launch colorway, a vivid graphic may initially bring to mind heat maps with its application of blue, green, yellow and red — but the choice was actually made to invoke a temporal fold, a theoretical concept of bending spacetime to move faster than the speed of light.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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During its approximately 30 days, which start Wednesday in North America, Muslims abstain from food and drinks from dawn until sunset.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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This year, starting Wednesday, Muslim families will fast from dawn to dusk, and mosques are opening their doors to neighbors each evening, not simply as a ritual but as a reminder that personal discipline and public responsibility are inseparable.—
Irfan Sarwar,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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After Mike Vrabel was fired as the head coach in Tennessee, Kuhr spent the 2024 season as a defensive assistant with the Giants before Vrabel re-hired him in New England as his inside linebackers coach.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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After last season’s 7-5 finish, head coach Brennan Marion left to become Colorado’s OC.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Sierra Avalanche Center reports high avalanche risk through at least this morning, urging people to avoid travel in or below avalanche terrain.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Buehler was in the Padres’ clubhouse Tuesday morning after agreeing to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league camp.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daylight. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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