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Examples of noon in a Sentence
The party will take place from noon to 4 p.m.
He showed up at precisely 12 noon.
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Members of the rewards program will be able to start shopping the deals at noon ET while nonmembers will have access at 5 p.m. ET.
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
Police have pushed back the press conference to 1 p.m.
Update, 11:30 p.m.: A press conference will be held at noon at Florence Police Department in regards to the mass shooting on Ridgecrest Drive that killed four victims and injured three others.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 6 July 2024
But that warning in Zone 731 was upgraded to a mandatory evacuation order shortly after noon Tuesday, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
Jars is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, and noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
Police have pushed back the press conference to 1 p.m.
Update, 11:30 p.m.: A press conference will be held at noon at Florence Police Department in regards to the mass shooting on Ridgecrest Drive that killed four victims and injured three others.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 6 July 2024
But that warning in Zone 731 was upgraded to a mandatory evacuation order shortly after noon Tuesday, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
Jars is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, and noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
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“Noon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noon. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.
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Etymology
Old English nōn "ninth hour from sunrise," derived from Latin nona, a feminine form of nonus "ninth," from novem "nine"
Word Origin
Noon has not always meant "12 o'clock in the daytime." In the ancient Roman way of keeping track of time, the hours of the day were counted from sunrise to sunset. The ninth hour of their day (about 3 p.m. nowadays) was called nona, Latin for "ninth." In the early period of English, the word was borrowed as nōn, also referring to the ninth hour after sunrise. By the 14th century, however, the word came to be used for midday, 12 o'clock, as we use it today.
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