daylight
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Definition of daylight
5 daylights plural
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Synonyms & Antonyms for daylight
Synonyms
aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, day, daybreak, light, morn, morning, sun, sunrise, sunup
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The shooting in broad daylight occurred less than a month after two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, which collectively left more than 30 people dead and revived the nation's contentious debate around guns and measures to regulate them. — Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News, ""People are living with fear": Beto O'Rourke decries gun violence in the wake of Texas shooting," 1 Sep. 2019 The armed robbery of a Manhattan jewelry store in broad daylight is shown on video released by New York City police. — NBC News, "Video shows armed heist of estimated $4M in jewelry from Manhattan store," 27 Aug. 2019 Two days later, a man was stabbed to death with a samurai sword in broad daylight in Stuttgart, allegedly by his former roommate — a foreigner seeking asylum. — Los Angeles Times, "Violence by refugees and far-right extremists is darkening political attitudes in Germany," 22 Aug. 2019 Halogens emit a pure white light that’s very close to natural daylight, so colors appear sharper, crisper, and more vibrant. — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, "Let There Be Light: A Smart Buyer’s Guide to Light Bulbs," 14 June 2019 The lead author, Dr. Denize Atan, a consultant senior lecturer in ophthalmology at the University of Bristol, said the mechanism is unknown but may have something to do with reduced exposure to natural daylight. — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, "Highly Educated, Very Nearsighted?," 6 June 2018 The switch to daylight saving time in the U.S. (or summer in the U.K.) only makes things more difficult for night owls. — Smithsonian, "Bad News, Night Owls: You Might Have a Higher Risk of Dying Early," 14 Apr. 2018 The shift from standard to daylight saving time officially comes at 2 a.m. Sunday across much of the country. — Fox News, "Let there be light, an hour longer into the evening sky," 9 Mar. 2018 Upon landing, expose yourself to the daylight as soon as possible. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "How to World-Travel Without the Jet Lag," 8 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'daylight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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