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Recent Examples of moonbeam
But the dude was smiling, and his eyes twinkled like moonbeams hitting sand.
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Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Evolution’s answer is a precise celestial clock wound by a molecule that can sense moonbeams and sync the worms’ reproductive lives to lunar phases.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
These disorienting, disruptive moonbeams will force us all to do some emotional spring cleaning.
—ELLE, 1 May 2023
This day has been a special dream from morning ‘til the last moonbeam.
—Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
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Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Evolution’s answer is a precise celestial clock wound by a molecule that can sense moonbeams and sync the worms’ reproductive lives to lunar phases.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
These disorienting, disruptive moonbeams will force us all to do some emotional spring cleaning.
—ELLE, 1 May 2023
This day has been a special dream from morning ‘til the last moonbeam.
—Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonbeam
Noun
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In another tale, included in an Anglo-Norman narrative that survives in an illustrated manuscript, Jesus takes off his coat, places it upon a sunbeam and sits upon it.—
Mary Dzon,
The Conversation,
12 Dec. 2025
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Here, love is sublime but elusive, like trying to catch a sunbeam in the palm of your hand.—
Jason Lamphier,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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As the pulsar spins, these beams sweep across the cosmos like the beams of light from a lighthouse.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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By the time the beams meet, some of the crucial details may already be gone.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As Lorant knew, the light rays that fell on Lincoln’s face and body during the exposure are the same ones that actually made the photographs of him.—
Mark B. Pohlad,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Our skin makes vitamin D when exposed to UV rays, so that helps increase production.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Moonbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonbeam. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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