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Best visited in the morning or early evening to avoid the midday heat.—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026 High pressure will bring lots of sunshine from midday Thursday through the weekend, and a surface cold front Friday night will knock the temps down just slightly for the weekend.—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 27 May 2026 This solemn rite is a common sight in the rural South, so the locals extended a little grace to the mourning mass, creating a midday traffic jam on the town’s Main Street.—Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 27 May 2026 Here are the companies making headlines in midday trading.—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for midday
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of midday was
before the 12th century