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During the March equinox, the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere receive roughly the same amount of sunlight since neither hemisphere is tilted more toward or away from the sun, the almanac said.
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Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
The almanac also predicts a relatively active severe weather season, with the potential for damaging winds, hail and tornadoes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Forecasting Success with Predictive Models There’s a famous scene from Back to the Future II, when Marty McFly buys a sports almanac, which contains the score to every sporting event for the next, or in this case, last, 50 years.
—Nicole Smythe, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac sunrise/sunset calculator, North Carolina residents are currently enjoying nearly 12 hours of sunlight per day with sunsets around 7:30 p.m.
When the sun sets at 8 p.m., the state will see more than 13 hours of sunlight per day, according to the almanac.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
The almanac also predicts a relatively active severe weather season, with the potential for damaging winds, hail and tornadoes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Forecasting Success with Predictive Models There’s a famous scene from Back to the Future II, when Marty McFly buys a sports almanac, which contains the score to every sporting event for the next, or in this case, last, 50 years.
—Nicole Smythe, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac sunrise/sunset calculator, North Carolina residents are currently enjoying nearly 12 hours of sunlight per day with sunsets around 7:30 p.m.
When the sun sets at 8 p.m., the state will see more than 13 hours of sunlight per day, according to the almanac.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for almanac
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This beautiful book is a compendium of Jewish foods, offering little, lighthearted lessons in their origins and significance.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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People, Places, Things Plus: sun hats on the runway, melt-in-your-mouth halvah and more from T’s cultural compendium.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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An empty bench Image Ms. Petrova’s things are still scattered around the laboratory at Harvard — a flower garland, a sleeping bag, a guitar.—
Ellen Barry,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Glittering golden baubles hang above public roads, illuminated snowflakes adorn the exterior walls of deluxe hotels and soaring Christmas trees sit in the middle of mall atriums whilst the columns supporting their domed ceilings are wrapped in garlands.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Valparaiso began addressing housing affordability with a symposium Thursday, the first step toward finding solutions.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The unconventional Santa Monica home includes a small symposium space, a huge home theater, and an ocean-view roof terrace.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
22 May 2025
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The new compilation is a sign that Wang Chung’s previous studio albums could seeing a reissue at some point.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The song would also feature as the opening track on the cult psychedelic garage compilation Nuggets in 1972.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2025
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This newsletter contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Yet his readers may not know of his other passion: craft beer.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Now Goggins and Wood — who played doomed lovers Rick and Chelsea on the HBO anthology hit — seemed ready to clear up any such gossip as awards season gets underway.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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Each story in the anthology film is presented as an article written for the titular fictional publication’s final issue following the death of their owner and founder.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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While Rae has yet to earn a No.1 on the Billboard charts, the outlook for her forthcoming album Addison is more than promising.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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Clipse ended up inking a distribution deal for a comeback album with Roc Nation.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
3 June 2025
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Harjo wrote her first volume of poetry, a nine-poem chapbook called The Last Song, in 1975.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Bores wrote in his 1590 chapbook a year later that Stumpp’s head was also severed from his body and placed upon a stake, providing a gruesome warning to the community.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Almanac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/almanac. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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