as in age
a later period of one's life
with autumn came a mellowness of spirit that she had never shown before
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Recent Examples of autumn
Their play was too passive back in the autumn.
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Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Allergy season typically lasts until all pollen production is killed off by the first freeze of autumn.
—Hali Smith
march 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
Carrot seeds are typically planted in spring, about two to three weeks before the last frost date, but they can also be planted in mid-to-late summer for an autumn harvest of roots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2026
Countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Brazil welcome the start of autumn.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
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Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Allergy season typically lasts until all pollen production is killed off by the first freeze of autumn.
—Hali Smith
march 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
Carrot seeds are typically planted in spring, about two to three weeks before the last frost date, but they can also be planted in mid-to-late summer for an autumn harvest of roots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2026
Countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Brazil welcome the start of autumn.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for autumn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autumn
Noun
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Acquaintances often put my physical age at thirty.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Those of us of a certain age know that the exact same thing happened when Wilt scored 100 in 1962.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Old Dominion University Police Chief Garrett Shelton said officers responded after receiving reports that people were being shot in one of the classrooms in the university's business school building, Constant Hall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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Over the course of an afternoon, the women had become fast friends, in the way that can only happen between two people who are very angry about the same thing.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The sensory overload wore me down after a while—the smells, the noise, the permanent neon twilight, the intentional assault on my circadian rhythm.—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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James’ longevity and productivity at the twilight of his career is so unmatched that even the idea that the James era could end soon barely even registers for some competitors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Minnesota is in the midst of a major March snowstorm, with serious impacts from Saturday evening through Sunday.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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This happened at home, in the evenings.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nobody paid much attention to weather forecasts because winter days were usually the same and, if different, just worse.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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The heat is not expected to significantly elevate the risk of wildfires because the county received significant rain this winter, says San Diego Gas & Electric.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Autumn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autumn. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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