daylight between

idiom

: distance or difference between (people or things)

They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions.

The team has won five straight games to put some daylight between themselves and their nearest rivals.

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The winter solstice is the day each year that has the shortest period of daylight between sunrise and sunset, and therefore the longest night. —

Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024 The theory goes that a coach can manipulate the clock at the end of the second quarter to create an extra possession (or limit one), then get the ball to start the second half and put daylight between itself and an opponent. —

Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024 For now, at least, there appears to be some daylight between the median justice on the Supreme Court, and the most extreme elements within the judiciary. —

Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 There has been some daylight between Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on the Comstock Act in the past. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for daylight between

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