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noonday

noun

ˈnün-ˌdā

Definition of noonday

as in noon

the middle of the day in the tropics the noonday heat can be overwhelming

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Recent Examples of noonday 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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for noonday

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In some cities, air quality often doesn’t return to normal until around noon the next day.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Argentina advances to face Egypt — the winner over Australia on penalty kicks Friday — in the round of 16 at noon Tuesday at Atlanta Stadium.

— Rod Beard, AJC.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of noon

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In Philadelphia, fireworks began to crack as early as midday near the site where the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
In contrast, the Fantasy 5 midday draw got shared, 15,864 each, among four players of the same mind.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

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