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Recent Examples of moonlit
On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South Carolina, on three gunboats.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Want to take a deeper dive into the moonlit landscape of our rocky companion?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2025
That opportunity arrives once Romeo and Juliet meet cute in the moonlit night market — neither of them realizing who the other is, despite them both sporting their family’s gang colors.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 8 May 2025
Directed by filmmaker Bardia Zeinali and photographed by Emily Lipson, the campaign explores the theme of duality through lighting and movement, with Zendaya posing across four moonlit set builds.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Want to take a deeper dive into the moonlit landscape of our rocky companion?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2025
That opportunity arrives once Romeo and Juliet meet cute in the moonlit night market — neither of them realizing who the other is, despite them both sporting their family’s gang colors.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 8 May 2025
Directed by filmmaker Bardia Zeinali and photographed by Emily Lipson, the campaign explores the theme of duality through lighting and movement, with Zendaya posing across four moonlit set builds.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonlit
Adjective
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Virgin’s Scarlet Night show turns the decks into a roving, all-red street party, while Celebrity Cruises’ Eden shifts from sunlit garden lounge to after-hours cabaret.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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That dialogue between past and present plays out across its sunlit rooms and into the spacious backyard, where sculptures and site-specific commissions extend the curatorial voice outdoors.—
John Wogan,
Robb Report,
6 Sep. 2025
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Maintenance To Prevent Brown Spots Again, maintaining a picture-perfect lawn can be laborious, especially in the sunny South, where the temperatures can fluctuate.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 84.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the past, grocery stores desired apples that looked red and shiny, believing consumers shopped with their eyes.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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Televisions above a shiny black bar cycle through grainy reruns of the early ’90s sitcom A Different World.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Moonlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonlit. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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