midwinter
Americannoun
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the middle or depth of the winter
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( as modifier )
a midwinter festival
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another name for winter solstice
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How were so many otherwise reasonable people pranked into venturing to an empty Brooklyn Bridge Park in the bleak midwinter as 2025 ebbed to nothing, for nothing?
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
In fact, there are two small islands in the middle of the Bering Strait, where you could potentially walk from the United States to Russia in midwinter.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
Krampus likely evolved from older, pre-Christian deities, just as Christmas absorbed solstice and midwinter customs, the author explained.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025
“And everyone seems so happy—you feel part of a community vibe, and people are more social than in the short, cold midwinter days.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
It saves us from the bitter days of midwinter, when the darkness is broken for only a handful of hours and the sun is cold and distant, like the pale eye of a corpse.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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