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Recent Examples of starlight
The alligators of Arctic Canada lay motionless in the swamps to wait out months of polar night, as dawn redwoods filtered the starlight.
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Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The Series 11 also has access to a wider range of finishes as it is offered in four aluminum colors (jet black, rose gold, silver, and space gray) and three titanium colors (slate, gold, and natural), whereas the Watch SE 3 only comes in aluminum in midnight and starlight.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
There, a sun-like star is more than 10 billion times brighter than an Earth-like planet, making starlight suppression extraordinarily demanding.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Then just add liquid water to its surface and let the primordial soup simmer for millions of years as energy from starlight gradually cooks up the chemical building blocks of life.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2025
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Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The Series 11 also has access to a wider range of finishes as it is offered in four aluminum colors (jet black, rose gold, silver, and space gray) and three titanium colors (slate, gold, and natural), whereas the Watch SE 3 only comes in aluminum in midnight and starlight.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
There, a sun-like star is more than 10 billion times brighter than an Earth-like planet, making starlight suppression extraordinarily demanding.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Then just add liquid water to its surface and let the primordial soup simmer for millions of years as energy from starlight gradually cooks up the chemical building blocks of life.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlight
Noun
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If possible, block the moonlight with a tree or other natural barrier to increase visibility.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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Despite bright moonlight from October's full Supermoon, recent comet brightness estimates at the Comet Observation Database (COBS) indicate that Lemmon has been a relatively easy object to sight with good binoculars.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That store, which is also two stories and offers all 16 metiers, is inspired by the local Sonoran Desert and pays homage to the sunlight and succulents prevalent in the area.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The animal was nowhere to be seen all day, not in the long, wet valley or among the trees which were bent and glittery in the sunlight after their wild night out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Those features then show up at late times, imprinted in the Big Bang’s leftover glow (the cosmic microwave background, or CMB), as well as in the large-scale clustering of galaxies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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The streets are blocked off to outside traffic, which gives those fall Saturdays a nostalgic glow.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlight. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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