often attributive
: the time during which there is daylight
Examples of daytime in a Sentence
These animals are active during the daytime.
It's the best new show on daytime.
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Looking ahead, the daytime of Wednesday will be dry with our next rain chance coming on Thursday evening.
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
There’s a point where the dream-world crosses the threshold into daytime.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Behar was absent from back-to-back episodes of the ABC daytime talk show earlier this week.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Another daytime was soon approaching, which would cook Cernan again, followed by another nighttime, which would freeze his visor solid once more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
There’s a point where the dream-world crosses the threshold into daytime.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Behar was absent from back-to-back episodes of the ABC daytime talk show earlier this week.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Another daytime was soon approaching, which would cook Cernan again, followed by another nighttime, which would freeze his visor solid once more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for daytime
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“Daytime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daytime. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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daytime
noun
day·time
ˈdā-ˌtīm 
: the period of daylight
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