as in autumn
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Recent Examples of Indian summer
Taking a look back at this week’s news and headlines from Apple, including the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple’s iPhone 16e promotion, iPhone 17 Wi-Fi upgrade, Apple’s Indian summer, surprise iOS update, MacBook Air benchmarks, and goodbye Product(Red).
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Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
An Indian summer may last just a few days or more than a week.
—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
Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
An Indian summer may last just a few days or more than a week.
—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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Beyond the sycamore trees that, during my autumn visit, were starting to turn gold and copper, the Sterrekopje Healing Farm resort felt like something out of a fairy tale.—
Chris Wallace,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2025
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But as autumn turned to winter this season, whispers turned into winds: Was Henderson a bust?—
Jason Quick,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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In the heyday of welfare reform, the Clinton Administration signed the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act.—
Danilyn Rutherford,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Rueter: With Eric Quill on the touchline and Acosta pulling the strings, FC Dallas leap to fifth in the Western Conference in their most entertaining season since the heyday of Mauro Díaz and Fabián Castillo.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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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 2 Mar. 2025.
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