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  • noun The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2:00pm and 4:00pm.

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  • noun the middle part of the afternoon

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Examples

  • Another little thing that struck me was the word midafternoon.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • Another little thing that struck me was the word midafternoon.

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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.

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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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  • 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."

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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

  • 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."

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