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summer time

American  

noun

  1. Chiefly British. daylight-saving time.


summer time British  

noun

  1. any daylight-saving time, esp British Summer Time

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hosting the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico in peak summer time has sparked concerns over the extreme heat conditions teams could face.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2025

Around the world, in spring and summer time, birds sing every morning in the daily dawn chorus.

From Science Daily Dec. 12, 2023

After a smaller “special edition” of the convention during the Thanksgiving holiday in 2021, Comic-Con returned in full last year, taking back its usual summer time slot.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2023

"I've been looking for the economy to continually slow from the strong position it was at in the summer time," Bostic said.

From Reuters Jan. 6, 2023

Perhaps she reflected that for them, as for her, the summer time was over—that their day of usefulness was nearly ended.

From The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods by Albert Bigelow Paine

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