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Marina Bay’s floodlights hit roughly 3,000 lux, brighter than most stadiums and brighter than midday on the same asphalt.—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 According to a message put up on its website midday Wednesday, Redneck Revolt disbanded in 2019.—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025 Around midday, one of them broadcast a warning from a position 9 miles west of Pengjia, later reporting the Chinese ship had altered course.—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025 Over the nearly three years since ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022, generative AI has created a frenzy that has radiated like the midday summer sun—hot and unrelenting.—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midday
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of midday was
before the 12th century
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