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Recent Examples of sunbeam
Where most anthologies spotlight each of their stories with the mono-focus of a slide projector, Falconer’s attention drifts with the warm indifference of a roving sunbeam.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025
Rangy lodgepole pines, which constitute 80 percent of the 2.2 million-acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, smelled mountain fresh, and sunbeams shimmered on the water.
—Marcia Desanctis, airmail.news, 31 Aug. 2024
Lit only by faint shards of sunbeams, Jupiter and the rest of the outer solar system’s worlds are realms of mystery.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
He’s curled up on a blue velvet chair, sleeping in a sunbeam, oblivious to the wild creatures that share these streets with us.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025
Rangy lodgepole pines, which constitute 80 percent of the 2.2 million-acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, smelled mountain fresh, and sunbeams shimmered on the water.
—Marcia Desanctis, airmail.news, 31 Aug. 2024
Lit only by faint shards of sunbeams, Jupiter and the rest of the outer solar system’s worlds are realms of mystery.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
He’s curled up on a blue velvet chair, sleeping in a sunbeam, oblivious to the wild creatures that share these streets with us.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbeam
Noun
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In a photo at the end of the reel, Shea stands in a pink shirt while Loubet, in a tuxedo, beams beside him.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Once the creatures were warmed back up, the parts of the ice layer that had not been exposed to the beam sublimated away, and the pattern was preserved on the tardigrade's surface, even after the creatures were rehydrated.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Pat McGrath created moonbeams on the Grecian goddess faces of models at Schiaparelli.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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Make time for the Scorpio full moonbeams to take you deeper into love for yourself, others and the sheer love of life on the 23rd.—
Debbie Frank,
Peoplemag,
5 Apr. 2024
Noun
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This means the retinas are more susceptible to damage from UV rays, even from just short periods of exposure.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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The sale, which runs until May 11, is a limited-time opportunity to grab products that help protect your skin and hair from harmful UV rays.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Sunbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbeam. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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