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
Summary Regular daytime napping might help slow down the aging process from natural brain shrinkage.
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Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
His pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Abnormal animal behavior is often a sign of infection, like bats flying in the daytime or normally timid creatures interacting with humans.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The relative humidity during the daytime could be as low as 15%.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
His pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Abnormal animal behavior is often a sign of infection, like bats flying in the daytime or normally timid creatures interacting with humans.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The relative humidity during the daytime could be as low as 15%.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daytime
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The acting director was testifying on Thursday about the steps the agency has taken since then to correct some of the issues identified in the various subsequent reviews of that day.Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The stock is having a big week, up 13% in three days.Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Alaska experiences the shortest daylight hours in the country.John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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In the gray daylight of the first days of Syria’s freedom, its citizens appear so far to be behaving not like unrestrained madmen but like traumatized, decent people worthy of their liberty, delivered even by an erstwhile jihadist.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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But a spokesperson for the program’s operator, Lyft, said police officials informed the company Wednesday afternoon that the bike was not from the CitiBike fleet.Michael Balsamo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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In the afternoon, the Dow climbed 272 points or 0.6%.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Daytime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daytime. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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