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
Is the plant receiving bright light during the daytime?
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Neubrand was there the night of the crash and returned in the daytime, but no one found evidence.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
Attenborough’s win was one of three for the doc, which also won directing team for a single camera daytime non-fiction program.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Wear them all season long for daytime or evening, and long into winter too.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Neubrand was there the night of the crash and returned in the daytime, but no one found evidence.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
Attenborough’s win was one of three for the doc, which also won directing team for a single camera daytime non-fiction program.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Wear them all season long for daytime or evening, and long into winter too.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for daytime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daytime
Noun
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On April 2, the president announced an initial tariff rate on China of 34 percent, which ballooned in subsequent days to 125 percent.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Bagsmart Tech Organizer Nothing feels messier than cords tangled at the bottom of your bag mid-travel day, which is why this smart tech organizer never leaves my suitcase.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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The director of the Louvre in Paris took the hot seat on Wednesday, answering questions from lawmakers amid mounting criticism over apparent security lapses that enabled thieves to pull off Sunday's brazen daylight heist of more than $100 million in jewels from the museum's ornate Apollo Gallery.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Under federal law, states are allowed not to observe daylight saving time, with Arizona and Hawaii being the lone states to do so.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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As the day rolled along into the afternoon, Phillips returned to the eighth tee to begin his second round.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Detectives searching for surveillance video of the stabbing the following afternoon found Reese, who was allegedly armed with a knife, standing over a witness.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Daytime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daytime. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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