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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.
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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
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
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Arsenal went on a brilliant run in the autumn, winning 10 games in a row while City were drifting.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The seasonal setting also encourages repeat visits, as sculptures appear against spring blooms, summer foliage, and finally the rich colors of autumn.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But in the 1980s, the music’s heyday, the phrase denoted an array of artists and tendencies while also conjuring something more atmospheric.—
Jack Hamilton,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Minnesota Dance Alliance, which provided crucial resources to dancers and dance companies during the heyday of Twin Cities dance in the 1980s and ’90s, had gone defunct in 2003 for financial reasons and was never replaced.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Indian summer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20summer. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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