as in autumn
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Recent Examples of Indian summer
An Indian summer mellowed the high country of southwestern New Mexico.
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Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
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).
—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
Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
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).
—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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City, imperious under Pep Guardiola for so long, imploded in the autumn and on Christmas Day, sat seventh.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Anyway, that day won’t dawn this autumn as there is a port on the forthcoming iPhone 17 Air.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Back in the heyday of the 2010s, millennial women would don their favorite heels and head out for the night, ready to dance away the pain to Katy Perry and Flo Rida.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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That the heyday of the Chinese Super League was brief can be attributed more to political considerations than public interest.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Yet most cannot distinguish a sleeping dog from a bush, even at high noon.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 July 2011
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Flowers cut at high noon are likely stressed and will not survive as long in a vase.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Indian summer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20summer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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