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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
moonlight .
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Examples
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She wrote in her journal, or in her correspondence, a series of "moonlights," in which she seriously attempts to describe the light and scenery of successive nights of the summer moon.
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I Margaret Fuller 1830
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NYC police officer, and like most cops he 'moonlights' to keep bread on the table.
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Mr. Westen, a psychology professor who moonlights as a Democratic tactician, was spared the charge of racism only because he waited until this past Sunday to reveal those misgivings.
The Left's Summer of Discontent James Taranto 2011
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Dr. Duggan who moonlights as a professor at The Harvard Medical School, took her glasses off and stared at me.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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Once in a blue moon our springer, Lila, moonlights as a "fish dog" -- completely rebelling against her bird dog heritage.
Best Gun Dog Contest 2009
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Dr. Duggan who moonlights as a professor at The Harvard Medical School, took her glasses off and stared at me.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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Once in a blue moon our springer, Lila, moonlights as a "fish dog" -- completely rebelling against her bird dog heritage.
Best Gun Dog Contest 2009
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Dr. Duggan who moonlights as a professor at The Harvard Medical School, took her glasses off and stared at me.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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Besides, I like talking to the owner, an aging, chain-smoking hippie who moonlights out on the highway at the Hill Country Motel lounge to keep her store open.
Fire Escape Barry Basden 2012
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Dr. Duggan who moonlights as a professor at The Harvard Medical School, took her glasses off and stared at me.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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