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Recent Examples of starlight
As a planet transits, starlight pours through its atmosphere, allowing telescopes to collect light that’s been filtered through it.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
By filtering out this mode, Deshler, Ozer and their colleagues were able to effectively eliminate the starlight, revealing only the light from the exoplanet.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 May 2025
If Earth’s atmosphere were perfectly static and homogeneous, then the refraction of starlight would be minimal.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Such clouds are predominantly made from molecular hydrogen gas, which, when it isn't being energized by starlight, is very faint — almost invisible.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
By filtering out this mode, Deshler, Ozer and their colleagues were able to effectively eliminate the starlight, revealing only the light from the exoplanet.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 May 2025
If Earth’s atmosphere were perfectly static and homogeneous, then the refraction of starlight would be minimal.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Such clouds are predominantly made from molecular hydrogen gas, which, when it isn't being energized by starlight, is very faint — almost invisible.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlight
Noun
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Other videos featured the character driving away in a golf cart at night, leaving their lips lathered in the glistening product, visible in the moonlight.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
8 July 2025
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In the background: Drake’s voice and guitar, soft as moonlight.—
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arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Like clockwork, those cute little cottontail rabbits show up here on Mt. Hoo regularly when the bright flame of sunlight has just about gone out for the day.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Not all perennials need an abundance of sunlight—there are also plenty of plants that prefer partial or full shade.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Now my house is awash with the LED glow of charging bulbs that are just waiting for the next power outage to do their trick.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
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The image also shows the glow of Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston to the northeast, with Torreón, Mexico, to the southwest.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlight. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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