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Recent Examples of noonday
The noonday sun beats down on agave and sansevieria fields as Nate Berkus accompanied a group of design aficionados on a tour of a working henequen farm in Yucatán.
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Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
Under the noonday sun while fishing, or stealing light from the full moon, the point of his pencil traced the imaginary movements of the washers, threads, coil springs, cylinders, bolts, and screws that had long enriched the workings of his mind.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Human twilight, with Hopkins in charge, became a noonday blaze.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Many wear masks, and hats to shield themselves from the noonday sun.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2025
From Harriet Tubman's midnight raids to Coretta Scott King's noonday calls for justice, Black women have been writing this nation's most essential footnotes—often without credit, always with impact.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
By the time Patricia Wright and her entourage arrived at the guard station on the edge of the forest, about 50 local people had gathered in the shade of a blue plastic tarp in the scorching noonday sun.
—Dyan MacHan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
About 200 parents and kids, most every bit as angry as Selig were out in front of McLaren Lodge in the noonday sun, at a rally that drew supporters from Berkeley,Marin County and elsewhere.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2022
High on a hillside overlooking the French Riviera, a smattering of astronomers is gathering for their noonday meal.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
Under the noonday sun while fishing, or stealing light from the full moon, the point of his pencil traced the imaginary movements of the washers, threads, coil springs, cylinders, bolts, and screws that had long enriched the workings of his mind.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Human twilight, with Hopkins in charge, became a noonday blaze.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Many wear masks, and hats to shield themselves from the noonday sun.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2025
From Harriet Tubman's midnight raids to Coretta Scott King's noonday calls for justice, Black women have been writing this nation's most essential footnotes—often without credit, always with impact.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
By the time Patricia Wright and her entourage arrived at the guard station on the edge of the forest, about 50 local people had gathered in the shade of a blue plastic tarp in the scorching noonday sun.
—Dyan MacHan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
About 200 parents and kids, most every bit as angry as Selig were out in front of McLaren Lodge in the noonday sun, at a rally that drew supporters from Berkeley,Marin County and elsewhere.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2022
High on a hillside overlooking the French Riviera, a smattering of astronomers is gathering for their noonday meal.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noonday
Noun
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At noon the day before the storm struck, the Weather Bureau’s main office in Washington issued a storm warning.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
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Maynor explained game days might not be as busy, because half of Atlanta’s games are on weekdays at noon, but to expect people to travel into the city for the weekends.—
Mirtha Donastorg,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
Noun
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That will also be the case for midday Friday into Friday night.—
Mike Augustyniak,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Here are the companies making headlines in midday trading.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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“Noonday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noonday. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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