sunbeam

as in beam

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Recent Examples of sunbeam He’s curled up on a blue velvet chair, sleeping in a sunbeam, oblivious to the wild creatures that share these streets with us. Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024 According to the brand’s website, the designer was inspired by a sunbeam that reflected off of his gold art deco lighter. Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 July 2024 The new features are part of the overall trend of video platforms bending toward one another like indoor plants jockeying for the same sunbeam. Wes Davis, The Verge, 11 July 2024 The film uses lockdown — the physical and mental isolation of it — as an exacerbating force on those already existing anti-social and oblivious tendencies, like a magnifying glass training a sunbeam on some gay ants. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sunbeam 
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Noun
  • On the center pier — a vertical support structure — five out of the six timber beams showed severe decay.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 1 Feb. 2025
  • At the time, fewer than 100 residents lived in this remote Inupiat village, where remnants of sod houses built with whale ribs for beams still stood.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Pat McGrath created moonbeams on the Grecian goddess faces of models at Schiaparelli.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • It is also thought to have occurred in one species of ray.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This means that finding one in your swimming pool or catching rays on your dock or sunning itself on a boat ramp is becoming increasingly common in the Keys and elsewhere in South Florida.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025

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“Sunbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbeam. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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