as in sunlights
the light of the moon
A figure appeared in the moonlight. a moonlight cruise down the river
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Recent Examples of moonlights
Alcohol, while great for toasting sunsets, moonlights as a chaos agent, dehydrating you faster than a desert wind, and inviting questionable decisions like buying timeshares and getting tattoos.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonlights
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But that’s not stopping Nicotero from doing all within his power to scare the living daylights out of his contestants.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Nov. 2025
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Playing on parental fears, The Babadook has been scaring the daylights out of us for a solid decade now.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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These jets strike previously ejected gas, creating shockwaves that heat that gas, causing the bright glows demonstrated by HH 80 and HH 81 in this Hubble image.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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In stronger bursts, faint glows may also appear low on the northern horizon in far northern parts of Wyoming, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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While the National Mall has already kicked off the year with illuminations on the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival will take place June 18 to July 12.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Head to Museum Hill to visit the Museum of International Folk Art, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, which hosts its own seasonal illuminations for La Luz de Las Noches.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Dec. 2025
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“Moonlights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonlights. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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