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
The carrier’s flying boats would travel between Australia and Sri Lanka, staying airborne long enough for passengers to witness two sunrises.
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Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Because the station orbits Earth once every 90 minutes, the crew on board sees 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.
—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
Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Because the station orbits Earth once every 90 minutes, the crew on board sees 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunrises
Noun
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The long nights and early mornings.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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And while daytime temperatures often warm up nicely, mornings and evenings can be brisk, so be sure to bring layers.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The realization that the controversy over Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses broke out in England just a few days after The Last Temptation of Christ came out joined those narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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News of the vandalism comes just days before election day on June 2.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Eternia has auroras He-Man's home world has auroras, or colorful light displays in the night sky that occur when charged solar particles interact and react with a planet's atmosphere.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
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Also, in the lead-up to the summer solstice, nights are short, which makes auroras more difficult to spot.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
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“Sunrises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunrises. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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