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afternoon

[af-ter-noon, ahf-, af-ter-noon, ahf-, af-, ahf-] / ˌæf tərˈnun, ˌɑf-, ˈæf tərˈnun, ˈɑf-, ˌæf-, ˌɑf- /
NOUN
period after 12 noon and before sunset
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As of early Wednesday afternoon, more than $500,000 had been traded on the two questions.

From Barron's

“Sparkle? Sparkle? Give the boy here a donut or we’ll be listening to his stomach growl all afternoon long.”

From Literature

UPDATE: The electricity provider ESB said on Tuesday afternoon that about 5,500 homes, farms and businesses were without power, down from a peak of 30,000.

From BBC

Investors seem to be betting that Big Tech earnings will impress starting tomorrow afternoon, when Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Tesla all report after the close.

From Barron's

On a recent weekday afternoon, delivery men dragged trolleys stacked with bundles of returned clothing through the halls.

From The Wall Street Journal