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the highest part or point far removed from the noontime of their popularity, when they had performed at sold-out arenas, the band now played at small clubs
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Recent Examples of noontime Meanwhile, in the southern hemisphere, the sun has reached its highest point in the noontime sky in the Tropic of Capricorn. —
Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Dec. 2025 Among those arrested were three suspects detained two hours before the noontime operation began. —Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile in the southern hemisphere, the sun has reached its highest point in the noontime sky in the Tropic of Capricorn. —Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025 The No Kings coalition in Oakland will be donning yellow on their noontime march to Lake Merritt. —Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noontime
Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Dec. 2025 Among those arrested were three suspects detained two hours before the noontime operation began. —Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile in the southern hemisphere, the sun has reached its highest point in the noontime sky in the Tropic of Capricorn. —Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025 The No Kings coalition in Oakland will be donning yellow on their noontime march to Lake Merritt. —Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noontime
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About 45 minutes after the sun sets, the eye-catching celestial duo will be visible in the western sky, roughly two-thirds up from the horizon to the point directly overhead (called the zenith).— Joe Rao, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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At that time, McCann’s crypto firm was at the zenith of its success.— Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Students in schoolyard as gunfire starts Bassam Abu-Assaf, the principal of the all-boys school that came under fire, said at least five armed settlers had approached the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, around noon.— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Pollen counts peak in the early morning, so limit outdoor time before noon on high-pollen days and keep windows closed overnight.— Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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This shows the height of the mountain Democrats must climb.— Editorial, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Stocks pulled back from their record heights on a shaky Wall Street on Thursday following mixed profit reports from Tesla and other big companies.— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Look to the eastern sky at midday on April 22 to find the 30%-lit waxing crescent moon close to the horizon, with its lower half hidden in shadow.— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Adobe was almost 4% higher in midday trading Wednesday.— Sarah Min, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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The group represents the formal culmination of a dispute three years in the making.— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
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The memoiristic project reaches a kind of culmination in Blue Heron, which is not a documentary — but is still firmly rooted in Romvari’s own past, and specifically the reverberations of her troubled eldest brother’s sudden death.— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
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This year is your turn to socialize and enjoy life, because your creativity and zest are at a pinnacle!— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
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Therefore, it’s taken some time to infiltrate the mainstream, and 2026 is reaching pinnacle ballet flat supremacy.— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
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Though the Red Sox got a run back in the top of the second on a solo homer by Wilyer Abreu, the Orioles immediately responded with a Rutschman fielder’s choice in the second, and then extended the lead on a solo shot by Samuel Basallo in the third.— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
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The Marlins raced out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first thanks to Xavier Edwards’ RBI double and Liam Hicks’ two-run homer, an impressive drive that cut through a cold San Francisco night.— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Nikita Parris Her peak was around the time of the 2019 World Cup, but Parris was capped twice last April, was in the squad again last summer, and is clearly not completely out of the picture if other wingers suffer injury problems.— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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Today, Sanjar and Cove hope to catch, collar and release as many of North America’s only marsupial as possible, so as to have at least 40 collared animals in the field by summer’s peak.— Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Noontime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/noontime. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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