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moonlight

[moon-lahyt] / ˈmunˌlaɪt /
NOUN
moonshine
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The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Bright moonlight can make it more difficult to see meteors and other objects in the night sky.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Doctors can now moonlight as data-labelers, earning $170 an hour and working a minimum of 20 hours a week in a six-week contract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Then she took out lanterns for us to pose with in the moonlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

The fire was dead, and there was only a sliver of moonlight to see by.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff