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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
What to read next Massey estimates the sky would become up to three times brighter as a result of the vast quantity of Reflect Orbital's sun-reflecting mirrors.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026
As the audience soon learns, Grace, a middle school science teacher, was apparently sent on a mission to save the sun from dying.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2026
The Earth’s sun is infected with a mysterious phenomena conjured by Weir called a Petrova line, a trail of alien cells called astrophage that are slowly consuming the fiery orb.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
The film is centered around Gosling’s character who wakes up alone and with little memory on a spaceship, where his apparent mission is to try to save the sun from dying.
—Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026
As the audience soon learns, Grace, a middle school science teacher, was apparently sent on a mission to save the sun from dying.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2026
The Earth’s sun is infected with a mysterious phenomena conjured by Weir called a Petrova line, a trail of alien cells called astrophage that are slowly consuming the fiery orb.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
The film is centered around Gosling’s character who wakes up alone and with little memory on a spaceship, where his apparent mission is to try to save the sun from dying.
—Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sun
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Cooler with sunshine and a few clouds.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Warm first weekend of spring across Maryland Saturday afternoon will include more sunshine and pleasant temperatures.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Republicans will be looking to help Collins in an election year, Shaheen is making a big legacy play in her last year in office, Warnock is a rising Democratic star, and Kennedy brings some heft from the right to the table.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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By the nineteen-eighties, she was basically finished as a movie star.—
Matt Weinstock,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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By noon, much of the pressure on the TSA checkpoints at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood had been alleviated, with much smaller lines than the crush of travelers before sunrise.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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But who sits around and enjoys cocktails at sunrise?—
David Caraccio
March 21,
Sacbee.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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Late in the Arizona-Long Island blowout, both teams emptied their benches -- and that gave Long Island's Eddie Munyak a shot at glory.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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Izzo wants an on-court extension of himself – in all its chaotic glory.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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One way to do this is by exposing yourself to sunlight early in the morning.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2026
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Most vegetables need at least six to eight hours of sunlight each day.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
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Out there, among the stars, galaxies, and beyond, lie solutions to the greatest mysteries of all.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Mar. 2026
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While the morning encourages bouncing around like that, a harmonious lunar trine to transformative Pluto later switches the galaxy’s focus to deeper questions.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, was last trading near $103 a barrel, up about 3% for the day.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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When the first day of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, payments are issued on the last business day of the previous month.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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The antiprotons were then taken back to the lab in Tuesday's final stage that concluded with applause and a bottle of Champagne.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The difference between the applause Knight and Keller received during Storrie’s monologue versus the Hughes brothers was glaring (as was their far superior joke delivery).—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Sun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sun. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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