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afternoon

noun as in period after 12 noon and before sunset

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I thought of that afternoon in 2006, at the gaming convention, when we were closer than brothers, but only an hour from being estranged.

The day would consist of breakfast on the beach, a leisurely three-mile paddle to our next campsite, and an afternoon of swimming and playing in the sun.

Asana started trading just a bit after noon Eastern today, quickly zooming to roughly $29 a share in early trading this afternoon.

A lot of the “air show,” as he calls it, happens not on small fires in the morning, when retardant drops from planes are most effective, but on large fires in the afternoon.

The Levee offers a number of options for a fun afternoon or evening out, including a movie theater, many excellent restaurants and shops, bowling, arcades, even the well-known and wonderful Newport Aquarium.

Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.

As of this afternoon, gay Floridians can get married in Dade County.

In the mid-afternoon, Ramos and Liu were parked on Tomkins Avenue on a meal break.

In the afternoon, at the hour of the shooting the day before, Bratton came to the scene with white flowers.

And it was sad, very sad, to be with Mister Ham Wednesday afternoon.

The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.

All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.

Heavy firing continued all that afternoon, inflicting great loss on the rebels, whilst the Spaniards lost one soldier.

On the next afternoon, at a quarter-past two, Hilda and Janet were sitting together in the breakfast-room.

Along in the afternoon Porter's force was located near Moore's Mill, about four miles distant.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to afternoon, such as: siesta, teatime, cocktail hour, p.m., and post meridian.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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