as in moonlight
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Recent Examples of starlight
As a planet transits, starlight pours through its atmosphere, allowing telescopes to collect light that’s been filtered through it.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
By filtering out this mode, Deshler, Ozer and their colleagues were able to effectively eliminate the starlight, revealing only the light from the exoplanet.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 May 2025
If Earth’s atmosphere were perfectly static and homogeneous, then the refraction of starlight would be minimal.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Such clouds are predominantly made from molecular hydrogen gas, which, when it isn't being energized by starlight, is very faint — almost invisible.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
By filtering out this mode, Deshler, Ozer and their colleagues were able to effectively eliminate the starlight, revealing only the light from the exoplanet.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 May 2025
If Earth’s atmosphere were perfectly static and homogeneous, then the refraction of starlight would be minimal.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Such clouds are predominantly made from molecular hydrogen gas, which, when it isn't being energized by starlight, is very faint — almost invisible.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlight
Noun
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Flynn, who’s based in Flagstaff, Ariz., photographed one couple embraced in a Spider-Man-style kiss while climbing on sheer rock face in Moab and another under the moonlight at Yosemite’s Glacier Point after a middle-of-the-night hike in total isolation.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The houses of your neighbors look dull and lacking in moonlight.—
Alex Jhamb Burns,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
Noun
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These reactions require sunlight and higher temperatures, making warmer months more prone to ozone formation.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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This tower then redirects the concentrated sunlight downward to heat a solar reactor that contains particles of a mineral oxide called ceria – or rather, a doped version of it.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
23 June 2025
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The sunscreen’s lightweight formula gives my skin a radiant glow instead of a chalky finish.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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To execute his signature summer glow, Turner reaches for Chanel Les Beiges Water Tint for fresh, sheer coverage.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
27 June 2025
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlight. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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