daylight between

idiom

: distance or difference between (people or things)
They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions.
The team has won five straight games to put some daylight between themselves and their nearest rivals.

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In the competition for the final spot, there’s daylight between left-hander Kyle Harrison, right-hander Hayden Birdsong and everyone else. Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025 While most candidates had little daylight between their positions on how to move forward -- such as de-centering Washington, greater distance from consultants, investing in recruitment across the board, and being savvier about communication -- perhaps the most vocal critic of the party was Skoufis. Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025 Swiftly and amicably renewing the agreement under which Japan hosts U.S. troops would send a strong signal to other Asian countries, and to Beijing, that there is little daylight between Washington and Tokyo. Chang Che, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2021 The winter solstice is the day each year that has the shortest period of daylight between sunrise and sunset, and therefore the longest night. Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for daylight between

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“Daylight between.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight%20between. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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