Examples of noon in a Sentence
The party will take place from noon to 4 p.m.
He showed up at precisely 12 noon.
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The shooting was reported about noon Tuesday at the Sunshine Mobile Village in the 6100 block of Main Avenue near Greenback Lane.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Stabbing shocks Olathe community Officers responded around noon March 19 to the 1000 block of North Ridgeview Road after reports of an armed disurbance.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
The team's home opener will be at Empower Field at noon on Saturday, March 28.
—Romi Bean, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The March 28 No Kings protest is scheduled to begin at noon at Philadelphia City Hall.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Stabbing shocks Olathe community Officers responded around noon March 19 to the 1000 block of North Ridgeview Road after reports of an armed disurbance.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
The team's home opener will be at Empower Field at noon on Saturday, March 28.
—Romi Bean, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The March 28 No Kings protest is scheduled to begin at noon at Philadelphia City Hall.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Noon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noon. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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Etymology
Old English nōn "ninth hour from sunrise," derived from Latin nona, a feminine form of nonus "ninth," from novem "nine"
Word Origin
Noon has not always meant "12 o'clock in the daytime." In the ancient Roman way of keeping track of time, the hours of the day were counted from sunrise to sunset. The ninth hour of their day (about 3 p.m. nowadays) was called nona, Latin for "ninth." In the early period of English, the word was borrowed as nōn, also referring to the ninth hour after sunrise. By the 14th century, however, the word came to be used for midday, 12 o'clock, as we use it today.
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