dead of winter

noun phrase

: the middle of the winter
He left in the dead of winter.

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This kind of growth deserves its own celebration, not the dreary dead of winter. — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 24 Feb. 2026 Our production team had to literally make a dead of winter forest seem like summer. — Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 20 June 2024 The transition is fastest during March because about 10 days before and after the equinox, the Earth’s tilt causes the sunlight that hits a region to increase more rapidly than in the middle of summer or dead of winter. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2024

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“Dead of winter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20of%20winter. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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