sunup
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sunup
Example Sentences
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When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
I grew up on the blacktop — where we teens and preteens pounded basketballs from sunup till the lights at the park went dark.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023
We have you covered, whether you’re still reveling at sunup or in bed by countdown.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
It’s the kind of place where people work from sunup to sundown, and then spend the rest of their waking hours in the pub, where they very carefully avoid any topics that could agitate anyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
She dissolved the phantasm like a moth at sunup, and slipped into its place.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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