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Recent Examples of noonday
From Harriet Tubman's midnight raids to Coretta Scott King's noonday calls for justice, Black women have been writing this nation's most essential footnotes—often without credit, always with impact.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
By the time Patricia Wright and her entourage arrived at the guard station on the edge of the forest, about 50 local people had gathered in the shade of a blue plastic tarp in the scorching noonday sun.
—Dyan MacHan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
About 200 parents and kids, most every bit as angry as Selig were out in front of McLaren Lodge in the noonday sun, at a rally that drew supporters from Berkeley,Marin County and elsewhere.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2022
High on a hillside overlooking the French Riviera, a smattering of astronomers is gathering for their noonday meal.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
At the federal building, where 168 people had died in a massive bomb blast, rescue workers were combing rubble for victims, guided by the eerie glow of floodlights that seemed to Garland as bright as the noonday sun.
—Del Quentin Wilber Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
The noonday heat and humidity were miserable.
—Jack Shuler, The New Republic, 2 July 2020
These lovely lunch bags solve some of the most common objections to prepping the noonday meal ahead of time, from soggy paper bags to lukewarm food.
—Popular Science, 3 June 2020
Still downy, the young bird sports a long beak, which is slightly parted and tilting toward the noonday sun.
—National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
By the time Patricia Wright and her entourage arrived at the guard station on the edge of the forest, about 50 local people had gathered in the shade of a blue plastic tarp in the scorching noonday sun.
—Dyan MacHan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
About 200 parents and kids, most every bit as angry as Selig were out in front of McLaren Lodge in the noonday sun, at a rally that drew supporters from Berkeley,Marin County and elsewhere.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2022
High on a hillside overlooking the French Riviera, a smattering of astronomers is gathering for their noonday meal.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
At the federal building, where 168 people had died in a massive bomb blast, rescue workers were combing rubble for victims, guided by the eerie glow of floodlights that seemed to Garland as bright as the noonday sun.
—Del Quentin Wilber Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
The noonday heat and humidity were miserable.
—Jack Shuler, The New Republic, 2 July 2020
These lovely lunch bags solve some of the most common objections to prepping the noonday meal ahead of time, from soggy paper bags to lukewarm food.
—Popular Science, 3 June 2020
Still downy, the young bird sports a long beak, which is slightly parted and tilting toward the noonday sun.
—National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noonday
Noun
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Smith was booked into the Lonoke County jail on the felony charge, then released around noon Friday, according to an online inmate roster.—
Rafael Escalera Montoto,
Arkansas Online,
20 Sep. 2025
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Officers were dispatched around noon to the 600 block of Upper Vintners Circle for a report of two people fighting in front of a home, according to the Fremont Police Department.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ramos revealed how the sculptures come to life, pulsating with emotion, as light sweeps through a cycle to mimic the day-to-night transition, from soft dawn gold, to midday clarity, to the dusk’s warmth, and into the retreat of night.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Protests outside the Broadview facility continued midday Friday, with a handful of demonstrators holding up signs and cellphones toward a fence topped with barbed wire, video from the scene shows.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Noonday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noonday. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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