sunrises

plural of sunrise
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 Start with this warm, dusty pink that’s inspired by the softness of nature, like peaceful sunrises and delicate rose petals. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026 Orthodox Jewish leaders have argued that later winter sunrises could complicate prayer schedules that are tied to sunrise and sunset. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Winter sunsets would be about an hour later, but winter sunrises would also be about an hour later in those states. — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Ewa Mroczkowska’s production design also turns dewy embankments, decadent interiors, and sunrises over cemeteries into visions of storybook-like decay. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 That sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere, where the blues are scattered away, and the reds are bent towards the moon, essentially casts the colors of the Earth's sunrises and sunsets onto the lunar surface. — Marina Jurica, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Perhaps most exciting will be the possibility for spectacular sunrises and sunsets, as light from the sun bounces off the bottom of these elevated clouds in intense pink and orange colors. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Shot on location in Alberta, Canada, the blooming grasslands, breathtaking sunrises, glistening rivers and immense mountaintops are characters in their own right, often pulling audiences in when the storyline itself is drastically lacking. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Compare Jacksonville sunrises and sunsets with cities farther north. — Cheryl McCloud, Florida Times-Union, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunrises
Noun
  • Pesky in-between temperatures mean packing pieces that keep you warm on chilly mornings—but also cool and comfortable on warm afternoons.
    — Kaitlin Gates, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The lifts are scheduled in the mornings and take between 8 to 12 minutes on average.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • However, its three questions asked whether people consider the chatbot a friend, are polite to it, and miss it after a few days.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
  • On rainy days and sunny days alike, this is a worthwhile place to come nerd out.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But, for a diehard fan, a few words from a familiar voice as October dawns could sound a lot like home.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But as a new school year dawns here, students and teachers refuse to give up.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Then the two boxers pound the daylights out of each other.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • The former daytime talk show host scared the daylights out of Kris Jenner over the weekend.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The storm produced strong changes in Earth’s magnetic environment and pushed auroras to unusually low latitudes.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • From auroras lighting up the sky to a Harvest Moon, September has already delivered plenty of reasons to look up.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Sunrises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunrises. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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