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sunbeam

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Definition of sunbeam

as in beam

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Recent Examples of sunbeam At the American University of Beirut, your classmate could have four paws and a penchant for napping in sunbeams over taking lecture notes. — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 12 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for sunbeam

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One mirror focused the X-rays vertically, while the other focused them horizontally, concentrating the beam into a spot measuring just 180 × 330 nanometers.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Mickelson noted that every ceiling in the theater is different — a coffered ceiling with hexagonal panels gives way to plaster beams designed and painted to look like wood.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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The biggest challenges, its designers say, were mimicking the fade from crisp morning rays to bright noon light to a soft evening glow, and creating a sense of depth to conjure the distant sky.

— Emma Barker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
To speed up the process, the team came up with the X-AutoMap software to work with the facility’s Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN).

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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