as in day
the hours of light between one night and the next it's a lot easier to find your way through a strange neighborhood in the daytime

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Recent Examples of daytime The current prices are roughly on par with traditional tour operators who charge between 25,000 Kenyan shillings ($194) and 35,000 Kenyan shillings ($270) for a seven-passenger daytime game drive in Nairobi National Park, but operators fear the apps could lower prices as the service grows. Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025 That lists the top 250 shows of the week regardless of time of day (primetime, daytime and late night are all together) or origin — broadcast, cable, and even live streaming. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025 With higher daytime temps than at mountainside sites in Napa, Titus relies on daily afternoon winds that come up the valley to offer a cooling effect to prevent over-ripeness. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025 Nobody has any business being out there gardening in the daytime. Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for daytime
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Noun
  • Hanke recommends allowing the peso to float for around 60 days, enabling market forces to determine its actual worth in terms of dollars.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In cases of a head coach change, student-athletes will have a 15-day consecutive window beginning five days after a new coach is hired or announced.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Members of Congress have tried and failed to ban daylight saving time in recent years.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The mechanisms that enable governance—the testing methods, risk summaries, and conditions under which systems are allowed or delayed—deserve daylight.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Williams — joined by family members, current and past KU coaches, players and support staff — on Tuesday afternoon cut the ribbon on the room that bears his name.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In the afternoon, the reenactors staged the Battle of Bunker Hill all over again, for the Sunday crowd.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Daytime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daytime. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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