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midday

noun

ˈmid-ˌdā

Definition of midday

as in noon

the middle of the day by midday the sun and heat were unbearable

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Recent Examples of midday Hacking palm trees In blazing midday tropical heat, Katie Baur saws the trunk of a young coconut palm. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026 Clouds should gradually break through late morning and midday, with some sunshine developing Monday afternoon. — Grant Gilmore, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 But when midday rolls around, Ancestry employees find their CEO Howard Hochhauser taking his meal in the office’s eating area. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 Tropical storm-force winds began to lash the Gulf shoreline around midday, hours before Isaias was expected to make landfall between Mobile Bay on the Alabama coast and the city of Destin in the Florida Panhandle. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for midday

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noon

Noun

Cortez said her family returned around noon Wednesday to check on their house.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
By noon Wednesday, a line of showers and thunderstorms was continuing to the north and northwest, with several brief showers having fallen over the area.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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