diurnal

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These factors combine to increase our diurnal temperature range during the early stages of spring, especially during settled, sunny spells with light winds.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Wilder’s drama, offering a guided tour of an ordinary town going about its diurnal business, reminds us, through the inescapable shadow of mortality, of what we have in common.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Yellow-bellied marmots are an excellent study system because they are diurnal, or active during the day, and they have an address.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

"When we take them out, they maintain these daytime-related diurnal oscillations," Haller says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

They trade normal diurnal rhythms for the perk of having very little inmate contact—at night, all the inmates are locked in their cells.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover