: lasting all day
a daylong tour

Examples of daylong in a Sentence

a daylong tour of the city
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The event with daylong jazz performances and a large selection of wines will run July 11 and 12 in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, just blocks from the American Jazz Museum. Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 The course comes two months after the city held a daylong expo about AI and at a time when Black communities are leery of AI and are concerned about the onslaught of data centers cropping up in their communities. Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026 Running through summer, the daylong tour visits the Rookery Building, Wright’s home, the broader Oak Park neighborhood, Wright’s Home and Studio, and the Robie House in a single day in one sweeping itinerary. Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026 The French government has been sponsoring this daylong country-wide party since 1982, which, in Paris, is becoming like a Black-diaspora mirror to London’s Notting Hill Carnival. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for daylong

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of daylong was before the 12th century

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“Daylong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daylong. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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