as in days
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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Noun
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The last of the average temperature days are now behind us for the foreseeable future, with a huge push of summer-like air heading to the Philadelphia region starting Monday.—
Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Hale’s account opens with the frantic search effort that led to her rescue, two days later.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ferraro’s is ideal for a breezy outdoor lunch and turns lively in the evenings.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2026
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The family earning $175,000 — a household income that would have felt unambiguously prosperous in any prior decade — now spends its evenings absorbing content from people who vacation in the Maldives, renovate kitchens that cost more than a median home, and treat business class as a hardship.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Daytimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daytimes. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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