Afternoon
Dawn
Dawn noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.
Usage example: we stayed up talking until dawn
Both words in one sentence
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This is supposed to be done five times a day (at dawn, just after high noon, at the middle of the afternoon, just after sundown, and at nightfall), and periodically while reading the Koran.
Source: Useful Notes / Islam -
Likewise, it appears to take Hans and the Arendelle soldiers roughly thirteen to eighteen hours to travel from the castle in Arendelle to the ice palace on horseback since they appear to leave in the early afternoon and are seen arriving at the ice palace just as dawn is breaking.
Source: Disney / Frozen -
Neither is "Night." Nor "Afternoon," or "Dawn," or "Dusk," or "Sunset," or any other time of day (since they're immaterial, after all)... but "Twilight" is.
Source: Video Game / Scribblenauts
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Dawn and Afternoon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/afternoon/dawn
Afternoon & Dawn. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/afternoon/dawn>.
Dawn or Afternoon. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/afternoon/dawn.
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