as in evening
a later period of one's life
literary fame did not arrive until the afternoon of her life
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Recent Examples of afternoon
As of Monday afternoon, an account automatically tracking verified accounts by pinging Bluesky’s API had listed more than 400 handles verified by Bluesky itself.
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Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
In 2005, the conclave began on the afternoon of April 18 — 16 days after the pope's death, and 10 days after his funeral.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
How to Take Magnesium and Vitamin C Together Divide doses: If taking more than 500 mg of vitamin C at a time, split it into two different doses in the morning and the afternoon or the morning and the evening.
—Sara Hoffman, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
The stock market was soaring and the sun was shining when President Donald Trump stepped out of the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon.
—Time, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for afternoon
Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
In 2005, the conclave began on the afternoon of April 18 — 16 days after the pope's death, and 10 days after his funeral.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
How to Take Magnesium and Vitamin C Together Divide doses: If taking more than 500 mg of vitamin C at a time, split it into two different doses in the morning and the afternoon or the morning and the evening.
—Sara Hoffman, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
The stock market was soaring and the sun was shining when President Donald Trump stepped out of the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon.
—Time, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for afternoon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for afternoon
Noun
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While guests have gotten used to early and extended evening park access, those benefits are actually decided on annually and have been extended for next year.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Teen boy identified days after drowning in choppy waters off Fort Lauderdale beach Rip current forecast A high rip current risk alert was issued for coastal Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties through Tuesday evening by the National Weather Service in Miami.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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The National Civilian Community Corps deployed adults between the ages of 18 and 26 to work for weeks at a time to serve in communities, working on disaster response, environmental conservation and wildfire prevention across the country.—
Aishvarya Kavi,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Guests under age 18 are also welcome, but they must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian until 9 p.m., according to a press release.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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Perennial June-bearing strawberries are typically fertilized once a year in late summer to early autumn, while annual day-neutral strawberries are fertilized at six-week intervals from mid-summer to early fall.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Apr. 2025
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Seeds are eaten by songbirds in autumn, when foliage takes on gleaming red and purple hues.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Their paths crossed again when Slot returned to Zwolle in the twilight of his playing days after spells at NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The ostensible reason: Benedict didn’t want his physical deterioration to paralyze the church the way John Paul II’s Parkinson’s disease did during the twilight of a papacy that lasted more than a quarter of a century.—
Howard Chua-Eoan,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Afternoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afternoon. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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