midsummer
noun
mid·sum·mer
ˈmid-ˈsə-mər 
-ˌsə-
1
: the middle of summer
2
: the summer solstice
midsummer
adjective
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The new product should be in stores by midsummer.
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Culinary demand for the crustaceans fuels a roughly $45-million-a-year industry in the Golden State, with an annual season that historically runs from late fall to midsummer.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The night of June 23rd into the 24th marks the peak of midsummer festivities and coincides with the celebration of the city’s cherished patron saint, through a unique merge of Catholic and pagan rituals that stretches back centuries.
—Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
The midsummer tiger swallowtail’s total range is about 670,000 square miles, from southcentral Ontario into north and central New York, and into Vermont, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
Marine Life Behavior And Portraits On a midsummer night, while most creatures were fast asleep, a male Ostorhinchus properuptus, having completed a week-long incubation period, summoned all its energy and, with a trembling motion, released a swarm of larvae from its mouth.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The night of June 23rd into the 24th marks the peak of midsummer festivities and coincides with the celebration of the city’s cherished patron saint, through a unique merge of Catholic and pagan rituals that stretches back centuries.
—Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
The midsummer tiger swallowtail’s total range is about 670,000 square miles, from southcentral Ontario into north and central New York, and into Vermont, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
Marine Life Behavior And Portraits On a midsummer night, while most creatures were fast asleep, a male Ostorhinchus properuptus, having completed a week-long incubation period, summoned all its energy and, with a trembling motion, released a swarm of larvae from its mouth.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Midsummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midsummer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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midsummer
noun
mid·sum·mer
ˈmid-ˈsəm-ər
1
: the middle of summer
2
: the summer solstice
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