as in mornings
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 sunrises
Because the station orbits Earth once every 90 minutes, the crew on board sees 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 May 2026
End Where the Mountains Meet the Sea Cap off your trip in Acadia National Park, where the Cadillac Mountain summit catches some of the earliest sunrises in the country.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
There are modern furnishings and amenities in each space, and large glass front doors let in all the colors of those brilliant West Texas sunsets and sunrises.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
The best units are in building number eight, close to the ocean and ideally positioned for views of both sunrises and sunsets.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The installation puts people inside that spectral array of color to capture the essence of those sunrises and sunsets.
—Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
That tourism-ad Zambia, with views of Mosi-oa-Tunya and sunrises that bled color into the marshmallow-white of the clouds through the raging waterfall, or the sound of Lake Bangweulu whipping the white beach as lullaby.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
Whether heading to artsy Marfa, funky Terlingua, or rustic Marathon, you are primed for gorgeous sunrises over the desert landscape, as well as unmatched stargazing after nightfall.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Do winter sunrises and sunsets last longer?
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 May 2026
End Where the Mountains Meet the Sea Cap off your trip in Acadia National Park, where the Cadillac Mountain summit catches some of the earliest sunrises in the country.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
There are modern furnishings and amenities in each space, and large glass front doors let in all the colors of those brilliant West Texas sunsets and sunrises.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
The best units are in building number eight, close to the ocean and ideally positioned for views of both sunrises and sunsets.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The installation puts people inside that spectral array of color to capture the essence of those sunrises and sunsets.
—Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
That tourism-ad Zambia, with views of Mosi-oa-Tunya and sunrises that bled color into the marshmallow-white of the clouds through the raging waterfall, or the sound of Lake Bangweulu whipping the white beach as lullaby.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
Whether heading to artsy Marfa, funky Terlingua, or rustic Marathon, you are primed for gorgeous sunrises over the desert landscape, as well as unmatched stargazing after nightfall.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Do winter sunrises and sunsets last longer?
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunrises
Noun
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The concentrated schedule created a sense of occasion and urgency that is diluted when games are spread across Thursdays, occasional Wednesdays, Friday holidays, Saturday nights, Sunday mornings and multiple streaming-exclusive windows.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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My life has been built around doing mornings.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Just days after choosing Fever rookie Raven Johnson over generational superstar Caitlin Clark to front the promotional graphics for Sunday's matchup against the Seattle Storm, Indiana took the court and let the box score settle the discourse.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Rather than romanticizing the awards-season whirlwind, Coon described the logistical reality behind it that includes 18-hour days, early-morning events, parenting responsibilities and the invisible labor required to sustain a performing career.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Given the many false dawns in recent months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas was reluctant to speculate on the outcome when quizzed by reporters on Tuesday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But that’s not stopping Nicotero from doing all within his power to scare the living daylights out of his contestants.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Nov. 2025
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Playing on parental fears, The Babadook has been scaring the daylights out of us for a solid decade now.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Catching these lights can be a rare treat for some who do not live near the poles, where auroras occur most commonly.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
16 May 2026
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Put simply, auroras are a result of the sun interacting with the Earth’s atmosphere.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sunrises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunrises. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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