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View definitions for sunlight

sunlight

noun as in daylight

noun as in sun

Strongest match

Weak match

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The filling is jammy and rich, jarred fig jam brightened with chopped dates and an almost scandalous amount of orange zest, so every mouthful tastes like autumn sunlight and just a hint of mischief.

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Hazy winter sunlight may scatter or diffuse, lowering intensity without entirely blocking sunshine, which instruments still record as sunshine hours.

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This complex captures sunlight and splits water molecules, releasing oxygen and sending electrons onward to other molecules in the chain of energy transfer.

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Stretching several thousand kilometers across, it forms as sunlight warms the comet, releasing gas and dust that collect into a hazy halo around the core.

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For example, it takes light from the Sun 8 minutes to reach Earth, so the sunlight we feel on our faces is actually 8 minutes old.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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