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Recent Examples of sunlit
The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Virgin’s Scarlet Night show turns the decks into a roving, all-red street party, while Celebrity Cruises’ Eden shifts from sunlit garden lounge to after-hours cabaret.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Ensuring your roof is structurally sound and sunlit sets the foundation for an efficient system.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In it, two women sit on the sunlit balcony of a house; the older one reads, while the younger one rests atop the railing in a bikini.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Virgin’s Scarlet Night show turns the decks into a roving, all-red street party, while Celebrity Cruises’ Eden shifts from sunlit garden lounge to after-hours cabaret.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Ensuring your roof is structurally sound and sunlit sets the foundation for an efficient system.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In it, two women sit on the sunlit balcony of a house; the older one reads, while the younger one rests atop the railing in a bikini.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunlit
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When the sun rose on the 17th, it was revealed that the colonists—possibly out of a last-minute change of plans, possibly out of moonlit confusion—had built a rough defensive fort on the other hill, Breed’s Hill.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The weekend is expected to mostly sunny to sunny, with highs in the mid-60s on Saturday and the 50s on Sunday.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
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Partly sunny, with a high near 63.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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That’s not to say the movie is all sunshiny and upbeat about the increasing dominance of tech in our lives.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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The sleek hair tool dries your locks quickly, while leaving them frizz-free, shiny, and soft.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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And on the beauty front, hairstylist Dimitris Giannetos was behind the actress’ shiny hair, while makeup artist Rokael Lizama gave her a radiant, glowy look.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Sunlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunlit. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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