daylights

noun

plural of daylight
as in mind
the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities nearly terrified the daylights out of him with that scream

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Recent Examples of daylights Then the two boxers pound the daylights out of each other. — ABC News, 13 June 2026 The former daytime talk show host scared the daylights out of Kris Jenner over the weekend. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 But that’s not stopping Nicotero from doing all within his power to scare the living daylights out of his contestants. — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025
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  1. mind
  2. sanity
Noun
  • But this is an album that’s apparently about the artist’s double life, and the questions that are bound to be at the forefront of any curious listener’s mind go unaddressed.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Eco effort Because Kanai is a protected area, eco efforts are top of mind.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of mind
Noun
  • My aims are to improve our quality of life on everything from affordability to traffic to public safety; to restore fiscal sanity to our public finances; and to end the brazen self-dealing that has become business as usual in local government.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Multihyphenate and a mother of four, Ayesha Curry finds sanity in the chaos of her day-to-day.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of sanity

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“Daylights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daylights. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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