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sunbeam

noun

Definition of sunbeam

as in beam

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Recent Examples of sunbeam 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 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 The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears. — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025 The hilarious video shared in June by @kayleighmaven, shows the Maine Coon briefly enjoying a sunbeam before suddenly changing his mind and deciding to assault his canine sibling, who was just chilling on the floor nearby. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sunbeam

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That’s harder than trying to spot a firefly right next to someone flashing their high-beams at you.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
The antlers grew off to the sides of the deer’s head instead of going upward, which contributed to the wide inside spread and long beams.

— Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

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Tycho Crater is visible in the lower region of the lunar disk close to the shadow, while bright ejecta rays of reflective material brighten the darker lunar seas, where lava solidified to form basaltic plains billions of years ago.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The researchers also used X-rays at SLAC’s Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource to track what was happening inside the electrolyte.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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