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dawn

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Recent Examples of dawn
Noun
The white steeple of the First Congregational Church reflects the dawn light. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025 This behavior is inherited from their ancestors, who evolved to hunt prey at dusk and dawn. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Verb
And while it was partially revived as the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (now run by Belmond), a new age is dawning for the Orient Express. Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 10 Apr. 2025 Already, the markets have stumbled due to uncertainty, but Thursday dawned with more unknowns than ever. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dawn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dawn
Noun
  • They’re designed with high-efficiency solar panels that automatically turn on and emit a warm white glow at night and turn off at sunrise.
    Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 May 2025
  • Starting with sunrise, on the Atlantic side of Islamorada.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • At the beginning of the 2022—2023 school year, Luis Hinojosa was appointed as the principal of Pitcher Elementary School, according to court documents.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
  • But at the beginning of Jonathan Tropper’s Your Friends and Neighbors, he’s fired from his job and divorced from his wife.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Wealth-creating liquidity readiness starts well before the deal.
    Michael Platner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Our trips allow guests to enjoy the perks of private yacht charters, luxury hotels, bespoke itineraries and high-touch service, all while sharing the cost with like-minded travelers who may start as strangers but quickly feel like longtime friends.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Since its inception, NASA has selected 61 women as astronaut candidates, many of them making groundbreaking contributions to space science and exploration.
    Betsy Pudliner, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
  • And since its inception, the CDF has made significant investments in cinema through a portfolio of $234 million.
    Partner Content, Variety, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • In Afghanistan, a war that began after 9/11, 2,465 American lives were lost, and half that many allied troops in the campaign to oust Al Qaeda.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
  • The 3-1 deficit proved too much for the Dodgers to surmount — ending a day that had begun with so much optimism around Ohtani’s two-way talents with a dud of a performance and frustrating series loss in Queens.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • The court also ordered the Trump administration to remove the tariffs within 10 days, including a 25% tariff on certain goods from Canada and Mexico.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 May 2025
  • Looking ahead in the final days South Korea’s election law bans the release of public poll results during the six days leading up to an election.
    Jong Eun Lee, The Conversation, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • There are people in the government who have made their intentions very clear at the onset, and those intentions were emptying Gaza of its inhabitants, expelling them, and returning the Jewish settlements there.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
  • This alteration might trigger the onset of migraine or worsen migraine attacks, as well as causing more severe or frequent migraines.
    Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • The finding suggested that commencing metformin after a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes was associated with a better chance of living longer, compared to commencing sulfonylurea.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
  • Soon Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco arrived at his one-day event, and the cone drills and photos commenced.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025

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“Dawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dawn. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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