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- noun The middle of the
afternoon , normally between 2:00pm and 4:00pm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the middle part of the afternoon
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Examples
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Another little thing that struck me was the word midafternoon.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Another little thing that struck me was the word midafternoon.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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In fact, shoulder period, which we call the midafternoon and the late night, are up more than twice the percentage of our comp store gains for the entire system.
unknown title 2011
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I fell asleep in midafternoon, only to be awakened by friends from my ship to hold a meeting.
18 « March « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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I fell asleep in midafternoon, only to be awakened by friends from my ship to hold a meeting.
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"Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds."
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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Some buying emerged in midafternoon as Tokyo stocks extended their losses and the Bank of Japan said in a nationwide assessment that three out of nine regions have downgraded their views on the local economies, backing the central bank 's view that the pace of Japan' s economic recovery is slowing.
Japanese Yields Nearly Flat Kazuhiro Shimamura 2010
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Even so, in midafternoon, the wind backed around to the south and theseas flattened a bit.
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Jack's friend, Dr.J. W. Shiels arrived at noon, and Dr. Porter in midafternoon.
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A hotel clerk offered a visiting reporter a wake-up call midafternoon, "just in case you need a nap before your stakeout begins."
From Bad To Worse 2007
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