this afternoon

idiom

: during the afternoon today

We went for a walk this afternoon.

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First lady Jill Biden will hit the campaign trail this afternoon to appear at North Carolina events in Winston-Salem, Carrboro and Durham. —

Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024 The Packers will likely need another big day by their offense to knock off Detroit this afternoon. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024 The vice president has a rally planned in Atlanta this afternoon, followed by event later in Charlotte. Keep up with the USA TODAY Network's live coverage from the campaign trail. —

Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024 Off-stage at a campaign rally later on, Harris repeated the remarks in an interview with ABC News that is set to run in full on World News Tonight later today – – which the network offered a preview of this afternoon. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for this afternoon

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