Indian summer

Definition of Indian summernext

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Recent Examples of Indian summer Although the Indian summer will end at some point, Palm Tree Club is permanently a new getaway in downtown Kansas City. Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 After years of neglect, an Indian summer of prosperity had come at last. F. Scott Fitzgerald, New Yorker, 17 July 2025 What to know from Thursday: Is this Justin Rose's Indian summer of a Masters? Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 An Indian summer mellowed the high country of southwestern New Mexico. Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025 Taking a look back at this week’s news and headlines from Apple, including the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple’s iPhone 16e promotion, iPhone 17 Wi-Fi upgrade, Apple’s Indian summer, surprise iOS update, MacBook Air benchmarks, and goodbye Product(Red). Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 An Indian summer may last just a few days or more than a week. Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Indian summer
Noun
  • The photosynthetic blue-green algae typically flourishes during the warmer months of summer and autumn, particularly in an environment with excess nutrients—a process known as eutrophication.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026
  • On a trip to India during Diwali last autumn, Starbucks International CEO Brady Brewer tried a saffron tiramisu, as well as a spicy sandwich with chicken tikka at one of the American coffee-shop giant’s local stores.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In its heyday, the exchange’s trading floor set the price of cotton, and the boards that held the blackboards where prices were set remain.
    Jim Halley, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But its status as a bellwether is far from its heyday.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Indian summer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20summer. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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