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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
Extreme Sunrise And Sunset Points The sun’s path across the sky also reaches its annual extremes on the solstice, causing extreme sunrises and sunsets.
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Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 June 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.
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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
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From July 1 to September 3, Monday through Thursday mornings, junior golfers can enjoy Topgolf's entertainment experience.
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Finley’s Fiction, an outpost of the one on Shelter Island, will have kids’ story hour on Saturday mornings and author events; in July, Kate Doerge and Katharine Holabird.
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Just as nine days of early voting started June 13, Conley became the latest target of attack ads linked to Republicans, who used similar tactics to influence voters in earlier Democratic primaries this year.
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Ghalenoei suggested at a prematch news conference Saturday that Iran had been cleared to arrive in Washington two days early.
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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.
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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.
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Then the two boxers pound the daylights out of each other.
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The former daytime talk show host scared the daylights out of Kris Jenner over the weekend.
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But for the very lucky, very few who've seen auroras from space, the view is on a whole other level!
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These events create giant rotating auroras that can span hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.
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“Sunrises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunrises. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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