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Recent Examples of sunlit
This movie begins, as so many good ones do, with an establishing shot of the English countryside, sunlit and glorious.
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Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
The warm, sunlit conditions were perfect for Azolla, which began to spread uncontrollably across the Arctic’s surface, forming dense mats that covered millions of square kilometers.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The look is decidedly prewar: limestone-clad with elegant ornamentation, bronze accents, arched windows, terraced setbacks, and every modern comfort and amenity — like a sunlit swimming pool on the 17th floor.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2025
Start your morning with coffee in the sunlit kitchen with breakfast nook.
—Bruce Castleberry, Boston Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
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Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
The warm, sunlit conditions were perfect for Azolla, which began to spread uncontrollably across the Arctic’s surface, forming dense mats that covered millions of square kilometers.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The look is decidedly prewar: limestone-clad with elegant ornamentation, bronze accents, arched windows, terraced setbacks, and every modern comfort and amenity — like a sunlit swimming pool on the 17th floor.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2025
Start your morning with coffee in the sunlit kitchen with breakfast nook.
—Bruce Castleberry, Boston Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunlit
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Just sandpipers skimming the surf, green sea turtles digging moonlit nests — and, every so often, Richard Gere strolling on the beach.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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Feeling inspired to take a more in-depth moonlit tour of our rocky companion?—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The weather forecast for April 18 calls for highs in the 90s in Texas, a sunny day in New York ... and snow in Hawaii?—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Heckerling's 1995 film, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen's witty novel of young love, Emma, centers on Silverstone's sunny, good-hearted, yet at times slightly daft heroine.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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There’s the misery pit of a first New York apartment in the ’90s, when Manhattan felt less shiny and shut off by wealth.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Unlike Spears, however, Lopez wore her shiny catsuit in a soft pink tone with mauve panels and a ruched belt, finishing off the look with a metallic silver clutch, pink plastic sunglasses, and a slick-back ponytail.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Sunlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunlit. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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