as in day
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
a job that requires him to get up before sunrise
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Recent Examples of sunrise
To see the city from above, reserve a helicopter tour that will whisk you past Montreal’s landmarks or arrange a romantic hot-air balloon experience at either sunrise or sunset.
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Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The first run after an injury a few years ago—and down the Batur volcano after sunrise, with an elemental feeling of freedom that takes you back to childhood days.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Areas north of Virginia could see 6 to 12 inches by sunrise on Sunday, and at least 8 inches of snow is possible in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The eclipse will begin at sunrise in the Atlantic Ocean; pass over Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho; cross the Indian Ocean; and finish as a low eclipse from southeastern South Australia and northwestern New South Wales, Australia.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The first run after an injury a few years ago—and down the Batur volcano after sunrise, with an elemental feeling of freedom that takes you back to childhood days.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Areas north of Virginia could see 6 to 12 inches by sunrise on Sunday, and at least 8 inches of snow is possible in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The eclipse will begin at sunrise in the Atlantic Ocean; pass over Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho; cross the Indian Ocean; and finish as a low eclipse from southeastern South Australia and northwestern New South Wales, Australia.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunrise
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In a statement to CBS13, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office said Denair averages between two and three calls for service per day.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Josh wakes up at the butt-crack of dawn to start work.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
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Before dawn, several men passed the vehicle and stopped to film the wreckage.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2026
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After nine days of testimony, prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial of former Uvalde schools police officer Adrian Gonzales are scheduled to deliver their closing arguments in a Corpus Christi courtroom on Wednesday morning.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2026
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By morning, the bubbles would long have gone flat and the little bodies of the millers would be floating in the water, their wings soaked and black.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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On the morn of Liberation Day, Trump called out four other Republican senators — Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell — for pushing back on his plan.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The light green safari shade is especially fun, or go for an aquatic vibe with the icy morn/sea wave two-combo.—
Rena Behar,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2023
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From the origins of the Yakuza, the dawning of chemical warfare, and FDR’s spy shops, the novel treks across World War II to the dawn of the Cold War.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The dawning of light in this actor’s eyes breathes life into the old tale.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Windchills will be -10 to -15 degrees toward daybreak and early Friday morning.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
22 Jan. 2026
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The 322-foot rocket began its 1-mph creep from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Melatonin is a hormone that is naturally produced by the body to help regulate the sleep-wake cycle; typically, its levels increase during darkness and decrease during daylight, mirroring natural human circadian rhythms.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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But even as freezing temperatures linger, the countdown to longer daylight has begun, with brighter days less than two months away.—
Doris Alvarez Cea,
Florida Times-Union,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Sunrise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunrise. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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