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as in sunrise
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
we stayed up talking until dawn
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as in beginning
the point at which something begins
the dawn of civilization
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as in to start
to come into existence
a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke
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Recent Examples of dawn
Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2024
Rising in the east shortly before dawn — but still in darkness — will be a 6%-lit waning crescent moon that will appear extremely close to Venus.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
The markers of the classic cinema escape: the open road, the bicycle, the dawning sun, illuminating everybody.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Yours, More Tired, Less Wired Dear More Tired, Less Wired,
Who told you that the only way to succeed in this industry was to climb Runyon Canyon at dawn while sipping a homemade matcha latte?
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2024
Rising in the east shortly before dawn — but still in darkness — will be a 6%-lit waning crescent moon that will appear extremely close to Venus.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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The 50th Anniversary of the Automotive Trends Report coincides with a dawning era of environmental innovation.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
The markers of the classic cinema escape: the open road, the bicycle, the dawning sun, illuminating everybody.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dawn
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Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter: Aug. 12, 2025 (before sunrise) This year's Aug. 12 peak of the Perseid meteor shower — the most famous and prolific meteor shower of the year — will be largely ruined by strong moonlight.Jamie Carter, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Since the park is open 24 hours, consider visiting in the very early morning before sunrise or at night after 9 p.m. – the lava glowing against the dark sky is also a majestic scene.Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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Many have been here from the beginning — a 3-13-1 season in 2021.Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have used a distortion in space to reveal over 40 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years from the Milky Way—halfway back to the beginning of the universe.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Even her nails were Elsa-fied, starting with a sheer, shiny base and ending in silvery chrome French tips.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Jan. 2025
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The beauty of raising kids in a village is that, eventually, looking out for one another’s children starts to feel less like a series of one-off favors and more like an ordinary part of life.Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Arguably Formula 1’s most iconic race, the Principality has host a race each year since the world championship’s inception in 1950, save for 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.Dan Cancian, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The early years of each Silicon Valley platform shift — the inception of the personal computer era, the internet age, or the smartphone boom — have always featured a brief explosion of creativity before the ground cools.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Whites and Skaggs also began performing often together, with Skaggs introducing the group to new audiences.Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
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Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.Claire Jerry, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
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Powered by pink clay and charcoal, Amika Reset Pink Charcoal Scalp Cleansing Oil gently absorbs impurities while soothing with a refreshing menthol tingle that takes wash day to luxurious new heights.Erin Parker, Allure, 3 Jan. 2025
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During several days of intense fighting, Japanese forces were decimated, and about 1,000 U.S. Marines and sailors were killed.Stephen Smith, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] Ostrich-shell beads indicating the onset of the Initial Upper Paleolithic were found to have reached Shuidonggou by 39000 bc, and strontium isotope levels revealed the social exchange of ostrich-shell beads during the Late Quaternary in the Karoo Supergroup.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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From the onset of Schauffele’s relationship with golf, motivational allegories and philosophical adages were fed into his psyche.Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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The 119th Congress has commenced with a notable shift in religious affiliation among its members, reflecting a broader trend of religion declining across the United States.Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
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But the real processing will commence in the next weeks and months as El Capitan starts conducting nuclear weapons research in addition to computing work for fusion energy projects, climate change, and drug discovery.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Dawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dawn. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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