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Recent Examples of starlight
To suss them out, skywatchers stay hypervigilant for any one-off dip in starlight when a rogue planet crosses serendipitously in front of a star.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Nuclear fusion deep inside these stars was churning out the very first starlight of the cosmos.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Further investigations confirmed it was indeed caused by an exoplanet—and the delay in the starlight’s return came from its comet-like tail.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
But with that starlight also came periods of darkness, including years when the building sat empty and derelict.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Nuclear fusion deep inside these stars was churning out the very first starlight of the cosmos.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Further investigations confirmed it was indeed caused by an exoplanet—and the delay in the starlight’s return came from its comet-like tail.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
But with that starlight also came periods of darkness, including years when the building sat empty and derelict.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlight
Noun
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Before long, Uma’s taste for cigarettes under the moonlight turns into regular solo walks at all hours.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Get dinner back at Drift later and walk in the moonlight along a beach wide enough for a president to land a helicopter, with the sound of the sea and the sea breezes in the coconut palms.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2025
Noun
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At the very top, an attic bedroom opens up with operable roof panels that invite the sky, sunlight, and breeze into the sleeping quarters.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 May 2025
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The next night will see the moon appear fuller ahead of its first quarter phase on June 2, at which point half of its disk will be bathed in direct sunlight from the perspective of Earth.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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But as the glow of last year’s AI hype fades, reality is setting in: Companies that rushed toward shiny new tech without fixing their foundations are now struggling to scale it.—
Kristin Russel,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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This view of the Truman Home at 215 N. Delaware Street in Independence carries the Kodachrome glow of the 1950s.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlight. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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