1
: the light of day
2
: daytime
3
: dawn
4
a
: knowledge or understanding of something that has been obscure
began to see daylight on the problem
b
: the quality or state of being open : openness
5
6
: a perceptible space, gap, or difference
denied there was any daylight between the two governments' positions
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Examples of daylight in a Sentence
Open up the curtains and let some daylight into the room.
As daylight fades into darkness, everyone returns to their homes.
For pictures taken in daylight, use a different film.
We could see daylight through the cracks in the wall.
The accident happened just after daylight.
They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions.
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John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
Have lunch outside in the daylight to reinforce healthy circadian rhythms.
Try happy-hour dinners.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
In the gray daylight of the first days of Syria’s freedom, its citizens appear so far to be behaving not like unrestrained madmen but like traumatized, decent people worthy of their liberty, delivered even by an erstwhile jihadist.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
However, in bright daylight, images shot up to 5x remain usable.
iQOO 13 Review: Verdict
The iQOO 13 is priced at INR 54,999 (roughly $650) for the base 12GB RAM and 256GB storage variant.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylight. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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