summer solstice
noun
the solstice on or about June 21st that marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
summer solstices
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pluralof summer solstice.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Akin to Britain’s Stonehenge, the sun shone straight through the passages on certain days, like the winter and summer solstices.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
A 12-acre portion of the site, encompassing the Burro Flats painted cave and a parcel traditionally used by Native Americans to observe the winter and summer solstices, has had a landmark listing since 1974.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
This is a deeply perplexing shortfall, and as it persists year after year after year like the winter and summer solstices, one can safely assume that something more than dumb chance accounts for this problem.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
Taking place on consecutive summer solstices during a multicultural music festival, the movie gathers 11 somewhat less multicultural but nonetheless generally appealing people and throws them into a roiling bouillabaisse of domestic and romantic complication.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2010
First of all, there were the great sacrifices to God and to Earth, at the winter and summer solstices respectively, which were reserved for the Son of Heaven alone.
From Religions of Ancient China by Herbert Allen Giles
