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Recent Examples of starlit
In a planetarium, the beetles orientate equally well when rolling under a full starlit sky as when only the Milky Way is present.
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Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2013
When most of his colleagues are sleeping, McCarthy is likely flying over some starlit corner of the republic, mapping out designs to elevate himself and return his party to power.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
By night, the deck transforms into a party platform with colorful LED lighting, karaoke and a drop-down cinema for starlit movie action.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2022
Outdoors on a starlit, breezy night was a perfect atmosphere in which to take in Roxy Music.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
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Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2013
When most of his colleagues are sleeping, McCarthy is likely flying over some starlit corner of the republic, mapping out designs to elevate himself and return his party to power.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
By night, the deck transforms into a party platform with colorful LED lighting, karaoke and a drop-down cinema for starlit movie action.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2022
Outdoors on a starlit, breezy night was a perfect atmosphere in which to take in Roxy Music.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlit
Adjective
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With summer comes endless opportunities for alfresco get-togethers and moonlit dinner soirees—a.k.a.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
1 Aug. 2025
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On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South Carolina, on three gunboats.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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There are 11-foot-high ceilings throughout, east-to-west windows, sunlit interiors, and sweeping outdoor terraces overlooking the ocean.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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As painting raced from sunlit Impressionism to Cubist abstraction in a single generation, its subjects looked backward: to Gothic cathedrals, to a bohemian café-table culture already passing away.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.—
Susan Orlean,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2019
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Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.—
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2018
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“Starlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlit. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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