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Recent Examples of noonday
Human twilight, with Hopkins in charge, became a noonday blaze.
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Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Human twilight, with Hopkins in charge, became a noonday blaze.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 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
At the federal building, where 168 people had died in a massive bomb blast, rescue workers were combing rubble for victims, guided by the eerie glow of floodlights that seemed to Garland as bright as the noonday sun.
—Del Quentin Wilber Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
The noonday heat and humidity were miserable.
—Jack Shuler, The New Republic, 2 July 2020
Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Human twilight, with Hopkins in charge, became a noonday blaze.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 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
At the federal building, where 168 people had died in a massive bomb blast, rescue workers were combing rubble for victims, guided by the eerie glow of floodlights that seemed to Garland as bright as the noonday sun.
—Del Quentin Wilber Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
The noonday heat and humidity were miserable.
—Jack Shuler, The New Republic, 2 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noonday
Noun
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McKee was booked at the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office in Illinois just before noon on Saturday, records show, and is charged with two counts of murder in Ohio.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Muhsin Mirzoashrafov’s family was getting ready to go out just before noon when the infant climbed over the living room sofa and fell through the window, the report stated.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For example, natural light changes from warm and dim in the morning, to cool and bright at midday, and golden in late afternoons.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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One summer day, Joe O’Donnell conversed with his wife and daughter inside a gazebo overlooking a small lake, taking a midday break from running their horse boarding facility, Irish Acres.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Noonday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noonday. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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