as in autumn
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Recent Examples of Indian summer
An Indian summer may last just a few days or more than a week.
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
Laura: Because while there are a lot of theories about why the term Indian summer came to be used, some of them are derogatory, and this one in particular is that this weather is a trick.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
But hearing the German clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld, who must have been an astonishing musician, inspired a glorious Indian summer of creation.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2022
Love had surprised them in their sixties, like an Indian summer.
—Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
Laura: Because while there are a lot of theories about why the term Indian summer came to be used, some of them are derogatory, and this one in particular is that this weather is a trick.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
But hearing the German clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld, who must have been an astonishing musician, inspired a glorious Indian summer of creation.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2022
Love had surprised them in their sixties, like an Indian summer.
—Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Indian summer
Noun
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In the autumn of his life, Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2025
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Then spring would come, melting the ice, followed by a brief but intense summer when oceans might even begin to evaporate, only to precipitate back out as rain in autumn and snow in winter.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Those are Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns-type numbers from back in their heydays.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the latter half of the 19th century, during the heyday of British colonial rule, administrative officials considered mass ritual bathing at festivals such as Kumbh a great threat to public sanitation and hygiene and a potential source of cholera outbreaks.—
Sudipta Sen,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The final day of racing at Irwindale Speedway was both a party and a wake, one that began just after high noon Saturday and ended just before Sunday started.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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The song refracts like a prism at high noon, filled with stuttering blips that shapeshift at each turn.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Indian summer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20summer. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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