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Recent Examples of starlit
When most of his colleagues are sleeping, McCarthy is likely flying over some starlit corner of the republic, mapping out designs to elevate himself and return his party to power.
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Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
Outdoors on a starlit, breezy night was a perfect atmosphere in which to take in Roxy Music.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
Seattle’s sensory room, which is located post-security below the airport’s Concourse A, includes features like a starlit sky, dimmable lighting, and a range of cozy seating options that move or compress the body.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2022
In a planetarium, the beetles orientate equally well when rolling under a full starlit sky as when only the Milky Way is present.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2013
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Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
Outdoors on a starlit, breezy night was a perfect atmosphere in which to take in Roxy Music.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
Seattle’s sensory room, which is located post-security below the airport’s Concourse A, includes features like a starlit sky, dimmable lighting, and a range of cozy seating options that move or compress the body.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2022
In a planetarium, the beetles orientate equally well when rolling under a full starlit sky as when only the Milky Way is present.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlit
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When the sun rose on the 17th, it was revealed that the colonists—possibly out of a last-minute change of plans, possibly out of moonlit confusion—had built a rough defensive fort on the other hill, Breed’s Hill.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In one sunlit image, a barefoot Tougaard reclines on a messy bed wearing one of the crop tops and loose Bermuda shorts from the spring 2026 collection paraded earlier this month.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Three separate terraces meanwhile offer sunlit outdoor spaces.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.—
Susan Orlean,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2019
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Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.—
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2018
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“Starlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlit. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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