as in moonlight
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Recent Examples of starlight
The new colors include midnight, blue, orange, purple, and starlight.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2024
One is that disks made almost entirely from hydrogen and helium are harder for starlight to blow away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The light from numerous background stars, seen as orange dots behind the cloud, can be used to detect ices in the cloud, which absorb the starlight passing through them.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Throughout this image, filaments and wisps of different hues represent reflected starlight from still-forming protostars within the cloud.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2024
One is that disks made almost entirely from hydrogen and helium are harder for starlight to blow away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The light from numerous background stars, seen as orange dots behind the cloud, can be used to detect ices in the cloud, which absorb the starlight passing through them.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Throughout this image, filaments and wisps of different hues represent reflected starlight from still-forming protostars within the cloud.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlight
Noun
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The moon will set at approximately 6 pm in the eastern US on the 21st, so no moonlight will interfere with this meteor shower.—
Gretchen Rundorff,
WIRED,
2 Jan. 2025
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With no moonlight to interfere, this might turn out to be one of the best meteor displays of the year.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Xcel Energy recommends: Opening the curtains during the day to increase heat through direct sunlight.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2025
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In return, give this non-toxic plant bright indirect sunlight and a thorough watering whenever the top inch of soil feels dry.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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When touched, its hood and tail glow with a constellation of blue-green dots like an underwater planetarium.—
Jude Coleman,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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It's packed with rice powder, a chef's kiss of skin-loving enzymes and vitamins (A, B2, B12, and E) that soften, brighten, and give your skin a plump, healthy glow.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlight. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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