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
The vernal equinox is one of two points in Earth’s orbit where the sun creates equal periods of daytime and nighttime across the globe.
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Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Nocturnal asthma can interrupt sleep patterns, cause daytime fatigue, and make daytime functioning harder.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
Fans of television's most popular daytime talk show can soon view more of it on streaming.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
The Emmy Awards for daytime, news and documentary programming are moving around the calendar.
—Peter White, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Nocturnal asthma can interrupt sleep patterns, cause daytime fatigue, and make daytime functioning harder.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
Fans of television's most popular daytime talk show can soon view more of it on streaming.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
The Emmy Awards for daytime, news and documentary programming are moving around the calendar.
—Peter White, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daytime
Noun
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After days of working with Colorado’s congressional delegation and the U.S. Embassy, Kuziez and his colleagues were cleared to head south Monday, just as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were allowed to return home to northern Gaza.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2025
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Senators are able to speak without time limits in the chamber, but the Senate can vote to end debate – a polarizing and rarely taken step that would likely come in the final days or hours of the legislative session.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The condition has been linked to a biochemical imbalance in the brain prompted by shorter daylight hours and less sunlight in winter.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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The live streams are active during daylight hours, and highlights can be viewed outside these times.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA TODAY,
19 Jan. 2025
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Three juveniles were arrested in connection with an armed carjacking in New Haven on Monday afternoon, leading to a police pursuit that ended in a crash off of Interstate 91.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Jan. 2025
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Rates include all meals (including an afternoon tea), the use of amenities like a sauna and hot tub at the spa, and activities that include horseback riding, fishing, hiking, canoeing, and archery in the summer and snow tubing, snowshoeing, ice fishing, and cross-country skiing in the winter.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Daytime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daytime. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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