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The party will take place from noon to 4 p.m.
He showed up at precisely 12 noon.
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Traffic camera footage at 67th and Orangewood avenues showed two gray sedans speeding down the road a little after noon.
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Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
According to a criminal complaint, on June 20 a visitor from out of state was operating a rental compact car in a parking lot in the 500 block of North Broadway downtown when she was approached by three teens shortly after noon.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Programming includes the Main Street Pop-Up Holiday Market, which runs every Friday through Sunday for five weeks, starting Nov. 22, from noon to 8 p.m.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
Starting online at noon EST, Monday, Nov. 25, Walmart+ members can save on several items, including:
Blackstone Original 2-Burner 28-inch Propane Griddle - $147 (Save $50).
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
According to a criminal complaint, on June 20 a visitor from out of state was operating a rental compact car in a parking lot in the 500 block of North Broadway downtown when she was approached by three teens shortly after noon.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Programming includes the Main Street Pop-Up Holiday Market, which runs every Friday through Sunday for five weeks, starting Nov. 22, from noon to 8 p.m.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
Starting online at noon EST, Monday, Nov. 25, Walmart+ members can save on several items, including:
Blackstone Original 2-Burner 28-inch Propane Griddle - $147 (Save $50).
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Noon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noon. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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Etymology
Old English nōn "ninth hour from sunrise," derived from Latin nona, a feminine form of nonus "ninth," from novem "nine"
Word Origin
Noon has not always meant "12 o'clock in the daytime." In the ancient Roman way of keeping track of time, the hours of the day were counted from sunrise to sunset. The ninth hour of their day (about 3 p.m. nowadays) was called nona, Latin for "ninth." In the early period of English, the word was borrowed as nōn, also referring to the ninth hour after sunrise. By the 14th century, however, the word came to be used for midday, 12 o'clock, as we use it today.
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