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Recent Examples of sunbeam
Across India’s dizzying sprawl of traditions and topographies, this root glows like a sunbeam that binds it all.
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Sara Hussain, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Rather than taking in warming sunbeams, some researchers want to repel them and turn down global temperatures by refreezing a swath of Arctic ice as big as the combined area of Texas and New Mexico.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Schools of fish dance between the trees and sunbeams—like brushstrokes.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Over the last few years the maison’s creative director Fausto Puglisi has modernized the heritage print design, initially inspired by the reflection of a sunbeam on Roberto Cavalli’s Art Deco gilded lighter, into a signature motif featured across his ready-to-wear and couture collections.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Sara Hussain, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Rather than taking in warming sunbeams, some researchers want to repel them and turn down global temperatures by refreezing a swath of Arctic ice as big as the combined area of Texas and New Mexico.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Schools of fish dance between the trees and sunbeams—like brushstrokes.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Over the last few years the maison’s creative director Fausto Puglisi has modernized the heritage print design, initially inspired by the reflection of a sunbeam on Roberto Cavalli’s Art Deco gilded lighter, into a signature motif featured across his ready-to-wear and couture collections.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbeam
Noun
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Never use your high-beam lights.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The flame-wielder is a tough match for Mecha Man, necessitating some extrajudicial aggression as Robert lops off two of his opponent’s fingers with a beam saber.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pisces Soak up the abundant moonbeams by accepting a new position at the office.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
10 June 2025
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Make time for the Scorpio full moonbeams to take you deeper into love for yourself, others and the sheer love of life on the 23rd.—
Debbie Frank,
Peoplemag,
5 Apr. 2024
Noun
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The box set, available on both DVD and Blu-ray, includes 53 episodes and more than 19 hours of special features, with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Marine biologist Erick Higuera Rivas, project director at Conexiones Terramar and Pelagic Life, said orcas capable of hunting sharks and rays could likely take down a white shark anywhere.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Sunbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbeam. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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