as in sunlight
the light of the moon
A figure appeared in the moonlight. a moonlight cruise down the river
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Recent Examples of moonlight
What do these cases show about what could occur when AI chatbots moonlight as licensed therapists?
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Evenings kick off with moonlight movies on the deck, where family-friendly flicks are screened under the stars with bean bags and popcorn.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2025
Highlights of the program will also include: daily yoga and meditation, moonlight sound healing, ocean plunges, cellular resilience nutrition, NAD+ and Vitamin therapies, sleep optimization workshops, as well as mobility and fascia release sequences.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Cunningham, 26, works at a nonprofit and moonlights at two more jobs, and Cureau, 31, gets good pay in construction.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 July 2025
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Evenings kick off with moonlight movies on the deck, where family-friendly flicks are screened under the stars with bean bags and popcorn.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2025
Highlights of the program will also include: daily yoga and meditation, moonlight sound healing, ocean plunges, cellular resilience nutrition, NAD+ and Vitamin therapies, sleep optimization workshops, as well as mobility and fascia release sequences.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Cunningham, 26, works at a nonprofit and moonlights at two more jobs, and Cureau, 31, gets good pay in construction.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonlight
Noun
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Along the way, it’s claimed to have faced temperatures as low as -68°F and exposure to sunlight 30% stronger than Earth-level conditions.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Arrange them in the vase and keep them away from drafts and out of direct sunlight.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This news spread like a ray of golden sunshine, cutting through some bleak headlines for women.—
Misty L. Heggeness,
Time,
17 Aug. 2025
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As Connecticut starts off August with soaring temperatures and lots of sunshine, the state is facing abnormally dry conditions with the potential to turn into a moderate drought, according to officials.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When does daylight saving time end in 2025? In 2025, daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Innocent lives were taken in broad daylight in a place where people should feel safe to run their everyday errands and to live their everyday lives.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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For an entire week, the flashing blue and red lights of police vehicles cast eerie glows inside residents’ homes, while helicopters and drones hummed relentlessly overhead.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 Aug. 2025
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The typical galaxy in that sample is 100 times fainter than the natural glow in the nighttime air in the Earth's atmosphere, so this Rubin Observatory program depends on near-total natural darkness.—
Richard Green,
Space.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Moonlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonlight. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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