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Recent Examples of sunshine
For those craving sunshine, there are some window-side tables in the back of the restaurant with a beautiful ocean view.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Not the beautiful, shadowy doom that Montgomery Clift brought to the screen, for instance, or the troubled, mischievous sharpness that Jeffrey Wright and Regina Hall lend to their work, but something as warming as sunshine and just as seductive.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The Heartland can expect warm weather and sunshine, with the potential for some light rain later in the week of Thanksgiving.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
Large aspens crowd around, each leaf like a droplet of sunshine.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Not the beautiful, shadowy doom that Montgomery Clift brought to the screen, for instance, or the troubled, mischievous sharpness that Jeffrey Wright and Regina Hall lend to their work, but something as warming as sunshine and just as seductive.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The Heartland can expect warm weather and sunshine, with the potential for some light rain later in the week of Thanksgiving.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
Large aspens crowd around, each leaf like a droplet of sunshine.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunshine
Noun
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But the objects in question are not only just asteroids, but also instead orbit the sun, following an almost exact path as Earth while always remaining close by.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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When Denji first sees Reze’s face, the sun breaks through the clouds in a burst of light in a goofy but endearing metaphor for his instant infatuation.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That store, which is also two stories and offers all 16 metiers, is inspired by the local Sonoran Desert and pays homage to the sunlight and succulents prevalent in the area.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The animal was nowhere to be seen all day, not in the long, wet valley or among the trees which were bent and glittery in the sunlight after their wild night out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Sunshine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunshine. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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