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Recent Examples of sunlight
The marketing manager, 25, who lives in Las Vegas, had grown up in the southern U.S. and was no stranger to sunlight—but what happened next left her stunned.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
During production, the filmmakers met physical challenges — polar night provided about two hours of sunlight a day — and production challenges.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
The body produces vitamin D when skin is exposed to sunlight.
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—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 31 July 2025
Describing the conditions of his client's detention, Lee said that his client was held without any access to sunlight, had to sleep in a chair, and was held in a room where the lights were constantly on.
—Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 29 July 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
During production, the filmmakers met physical challenges — polar night provided about two hours of sunlight a day — and production challenges.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
The body produces vitamin D when skin is exposed to sunlight.
5.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 31 July 2025
Describing the conditions of his client's detention, Lee said that his client was held without any access to sunlight, had to sleep in a chair, and was held in a room where the lights were constantly on.
—Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunlight
Noun
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According to the Almanac, winter begins with the winter solstice — the astronomical event when the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere, in terms of daylight.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
12 Aug. 2025
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These are languid, let the sun beat down on you while draping your toes in the cool water below, trips.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Summer sunshine isn’t always enough to meet your body's vitamin D needs.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
5 Aug. 2025
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Even though plants need sun to grow, too much scorching sunshine can be damaging.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Sunlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunlight. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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