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as in sunshine
the light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves
be sure to wear sunscreen if you plan to spend more than a few minutes in the sun
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as in star
a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light
the incomprehensible vastness of a universe filled with billions of suns
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as in sunrise
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
I'm afraid that for this long trip we shall have to leave with the sun
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as in glory
public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement
Olympians basking in the sun of athletic achievement while the public still remembers them
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Recent Examples of sun
Pure speculation, but most major league ballparks tend to have batters, at home plate, point toward the northeast or north, or north-northeast to keep the rays from the setting sun out of their eyes.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
Comets are dirty cosmic snowballs that partially melt and form a tail as they near the sun.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
Solar panels only produce power when the sun is shining.
—Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
There are a few different ways to prepare raisins, from drying them in the sun to using a food dehydrator.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
Comets are dirty cosmic snowballs that partially melt and form a tail as they near the sun.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
Solar panels only produce power when the sun is shining.
—Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
There are a few different ways to prepare raisins, from drying them in the sun to using a food dehydrator.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sun
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Despite plenty of sunshine, high temperatures will struggle to reach 60° on Monday afternoon.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Happy fifth birthday to our sunshine, and happy sixth wedding anniversary to my incredible husband.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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But Cukor, who hit his thirty-year up-or-out deadline without getting a star, had long since been removed to lucrative work in the private sector.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Sox fans are still waiting on Munetaka Murakami, the Japanese star whose slugging was going to make the fireworks budget increase exponentially, to start hitting with some regularity.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Monday night will be unseasonably mild, with temperatures in the upper 50s and 60s around sunrise.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Not to be missed is the scenic Pine Creek Overlook, which offers ideal sunrise and sunset photo ops.—
Anthony Fredericks,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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The toll of opting out of real relationships, in all their mess and glory, experts warn, could be a generation that arrives in the workforce unable to read a room, build trust over a coffee, or handle the one thing AI can never prepare you for—being told no.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Amazon Charlotte Tilbury Exagger-Eyes Volume Mascara A mascara that’s guaranteed not to smudge your undereye is the crowning glory of anyone’s makeup collection.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Simply put, the solar cells do not absorb more sunlight than usual.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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The photo was captured using a modified GoPro camera attached to one of Orion's four solar panels, which power the spacecraft by converting sunlight into usable electricity.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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Ever dreamt of being present during the birth of the first galaxies?—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Data obtained from the license plates cannot be held for more than 21 days unless there is an active criminal investigation, officials said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2026
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The company sent two Falcon 9 rockets soaring, first from Florida before sunrise on Tuesday (April 14), and then from California after sunset the same day (by local time zone).—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The roar of applause from a grieving mother, not to mention a hug and handshake, has a deeper meaning.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The applause after the final whistle on Tuesday night and the defiant chants of an appreciative Kop spoke to a gutsy performance against Paris Saint-Germain.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Sun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sun. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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