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The time-lapse transition of a landscape from before dawn to midday shifts smoothly from dark to bright without any odd flaring.—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025 Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025 Unlike an eclipse at midday, where the sun is high and powerful, this event offered an unusual opportunity to see the distorted, refracted solar horns emerge through Earth's thickest atmospheric layers at the horizon.—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025 The Fantasy 5 midday draw of 2, 4, 15, 23 and 25 were on a ticket bought in Jacksonville and a Quick Pick ticket sold at the Publix at Country Club Plaza in Northwest Miami-Dade, 18496 NW 67th Ave.—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midday
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of midday was
before the 12th century
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