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What do you call the time in the early morning before the sun comes into sight?

DAWN 593
DAYBREAK 92
EARLY MORNING 35
NR 35
TWILIGHT 33
DAYLIGHT 31
PRE-DAWN 31
BEFORE DAY 30
MORNING 30
BEFORE SUNRISE 27
BEFORE DAWN 21
BEFORE DAYLIGHT 19
BREAK OF DAY 19
SUNRISE 15
BEFORE SUNUP 14
NIGHT 12
BEFORE DAYBREAK 10
DAWNING 8
A.M. 6
EARLY DAWN 6
BREAK OF DAWN 5
ABOUT DAYLIGHT 3
BREAK O’ DAY 3
SUNUP 3
BEFORE THE DAWN 2
DAWN OF DAY 2
DUSK 2
EARLY IN THE MORNING 2
EARLY MORN 2
PEEP OF DAY 2
ABOUT DAY 1
AFORE-DAY 1
AFTER DAYBREAK 1
AT DAYBREAK 1
BEAUTIFUL 1
BEFORE RISE 1
BEFORE SUNRISING 1
BEST PART OF THE DAY 1
BURNING DAYLIGHT 1
COMING DAY 1
COMING DAYLIGHT 1
COMING UP 1
CRACK OF DAWN 1
CRACK OF DAY 1
DARK 1
DAWN OF THE DAY 1
DAYLIGHT IN THE SWAMP 1
DAYLIGHT’S COMING 1
EARLY DAYLIGHT 1
EARLY SUNRISE 1
FALSE DAWN 1
FIRST LIGHT 1
FORE DAYLIGHT 1
FORE SUNRISE 1
FORE SUNUP 1
FOUR-THIRTY OR FIVE A.M. 1
GETTING DAYLIGHT 1
GET-UP TIME 1
GRAY DAWN 1
GRAY DAYLIGHT 1
JUST ABOUT THE BREAK OF DAY 1
JUST AT DAWN 1
JUST BEFORE SUNUP 1
JUST STARTING TO COME LIGHT 1
LATE AT NIGHT 1
LATE NIGHT 1
MADRUGADA 1
NH 1
SIX O’CLOCK 1
SMALL HOURS 1
STILL NIGHTTIME 1
SUNRISE CRACK 1
VERY EARLY MORNING 1
WEE HOUR 1
WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING 1

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