as in day
the hours of light between one night and the next
it's a lot easier to find your way through a strange neighborhood in the daytime
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Recent Examples of daytime
Levels increase at night to facilitate sleep and lower in the daytime to reduce sleepiness.
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Studies show that in a broad sense, quality sleep is important to health, including giving the best chance of having decreased hunger in the daytime and improving BMR.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
What daytime visitors miss is a seasonal after-hours spectacle in the form of hundreds of glowing fireflies rising from the forest floor and illuminating to attract mates.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Following a number of early guest roles in TV series including Cannon, Movin’ On, Baretta and Emergency!, Hauser shifted to daytime as Greg Foster in The Young and the Restless from 1977 to 1981.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Studies show that in a broad sense, quality sleep is important to health, including giving the best chance of having decreased hunger in the daytime and improving BMR.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
What daytime visitors miss is a seasonal after-hours spectacle in the form of hundreds of glowing fireflies rising from the forest floor and illuminating to attract mates.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Following a number of early guest roles in TV series including Cannon, Movin’ On, Baretta and Emergency!, Hauser shifted to daytime as Greg Foster in The Young and the Restless from 1977 to 1981.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daytime
Noun
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As the day progressed, the protests cascaded around the country outside Tesla locations in major cities such as Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Seattle, as well as in towns in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Colorado.—
Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Unsurprisingly, Jason shows up late, having instead spent the day drinking in a bar.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Crews are waiting for daylight to fully assess the situation.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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What steps to follow when driving in the rain? Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2025
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Sun worshipers can wile away summer afternoons at one of the public or private beaches that linea long stretch of coastline tucked between two promontories, Capo Nero and Capo Sant’Ampelio.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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By early afternoon, crowds ranging from a few dozen to hundreds of protesters had flocked to Tesla locations in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Minnesota and the automaker's home state of Texas.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Daytime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daytime. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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