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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Look for lingering rains that keep rain chances around 58% from 9 a.m. to noon and then drop to 41% at afternoon rush hour.
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Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
The bridge walk is set for Sept. 1, 2025, with traffic closed for the walk from 6:30 a.m. to noon, the Authority said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
Two-day passes and July 12 passes for the Veterans Park concerts this year were sold out before noon July 11, according to a media release.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 12 July 2025
The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of an unresponsive hiker on the trail, below Cedar Ridge, on July 8, just before noon, according to NPS.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
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Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
The bridge walk is set for Sept. 1, 2025, with traffic closed for the walk from 6:30 a.m. to noon, the Authority said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
Two-day passes and July 12 passes for the Veterans Park concerts this year were sold out before noon July 11, according to a media release.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 12 July 2025
The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of an unresponsive hiker on the trail, below Cedar Ridge, on July 8, just before noon, according to NPS.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
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“Noon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noon. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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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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