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
DownDetector, which lets users track outages, showed a spike in customers reporting payment problems starting Friday morning before starting to fall a bit in the afternoon.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
For example, someone with heart disease could take a single capsule that releases aspirin in the morning, beta blockers in the afternoon, and cholesterol medication at night.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
But Peña was freed again on Friday afternoon, his lawyer said, after an appellate judge reversed the decision to remand the disgraced firefighter.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
In honor of Mother’s Day, ette presents an afternoon of peaceful pampering.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2025
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
For example, someone with heart disease could take a single capsule that releases aspirin in the morning, beta blockers in the afternoon, and cholesterol medication at night.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
But Peña was freed again on Friday afternoon, his lawyer said, after an appellate judge reversed the decision to remand the disgraced firefighter.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
In honor of Mother’s Day, ette presents an afternoon of peaceful pampering.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afternoon
Noun
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In the evening, there is a 60 percent chance of rain.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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By the time the evening rolled around, my skin was back to normal.—
Perrie Samotin,
Glamour,
3 May 2025
Noun
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The age of your oldest account, newest account, and the average age of all your accounts will play into your score.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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That tautology, in the age of Trump, is now a matter of judicial precedent.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 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 7 May. 2025.
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