under the sun

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Meaning: (idiomatic)In existence.Meronym:sublunary1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Ecclesiastes9:11:I returned, and sawvnder the Sunne, That the race is not to the swift, nor the battell to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of vnderstanding, nor yet fauour to men of skil; but time and chance happeneth to them all.1859, Wilkie Collins,The Queen of Hearts:She argued boldly with me, on every subjectunder the sun, law and politics included; and, when I got the better of her, never hesitated to stop me by putting her hand on my lips, or by dragging me out into the garden in the middle of a sentence.1945January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, inRailway Magazine, page14:He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subjectunder the sun.2005, Hazel Smith,The writing experiment: strategies for innovative creative writing:I have also adopted a stance, familiar from consumer culture, which suggests that the goods under question can do anythingunder the sun.2024September 16, Mehera Bonner, “Wondering What Dan Levy Is Making for Hosting the 2024 Emmys? Here's a Deep Dive on His Net Worth!”, inCosmopolitan‎[2]:Despite winning every awardunder the sunand being critically acclaimed + beloved,Schitt's Creekdidn't become household-name-levels of popular until its last few seasons.

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