as in sunrise
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
have you ever actually heard a rooster crow at sunup?
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Recent Examples of sunup
In honor of the anniversary, Washington Post journalists chronicled one of those days, from sunup to sundown.
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Washington Post,
29 May 2022
Key West is a top-notch destination for a girls getaway, as you're guaranteed to have a good time from sunup to sundown.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2022
Irving is observing Ramadan and fasting (no food or fluids) from sunup to sundown.
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Jeff Zillgitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Apr. 2022
From trekking poles to sleeping bags, the items found at Dick’s can upgrade your next camping trip from sunup to sundown.
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Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
22 Mar. 2022
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Washington Post,
29 May 2022
Key West is a top-notch destination for a girls getaway, as you're guaranteed to have a good time from sunup to sundown.
—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2022
Irving is observing Ramadan and fasting (no food or fluids) from sunup to sundown.
—
Jeff Zillgitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Apr. 2022
From trekking poles to sleeping bags, the items found at Dick’s can upgrade your next camping trip from sunup to sundown.
—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
22 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunup
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It was broadcast live by English Heritage on YouTube, allowing skywatchers around the world to follow the sunrise remotely.
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Today will see 15 hours and 4 minutes between sunrise and sunset.
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Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and backup Daniil Tarasov will both be free agents in a matter of days, leaving Florida with a crucial hole — or net – to fill.
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But since reports linked the couple's big day to Madison Square Garden on July 3, new details have continued to emerge — from public permits and venue schedules to comments from teammates, city officials and the bride and groom.
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All singing and moving in three-quarters time at the halting dawn of the 20th century.
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The clock seemed to rewind 1,400 years as tenets established at the religion’s dawn—Sharia law—were formalized into the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist.
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Kyiv residents sheltering at a metro station during Russian air attacks, early on Thursday morning local time.
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Thomas Gross, and received the longest sentence at 100 years, was one of the speakers Wednesday morning.
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The quiet moments, the grief, the slow dawning of realization that her husband had written this piece as a way of dealing with his grief and her anger.
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Ever enterprising, Toha does eventually make her way back to the party, but there, the ultimate dawning of her place outside of Nelly’s circle is heartbreaking.
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By daybreak melatonin levels are already declining in most of us, as the body clock anticipates the day to come, but the first splash of light in the eyes helps hasten the process and keep us in sync with the sun.
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By daybreak, firefighters were still working to douse the flames at the complex.
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“Sunup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunup. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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