as in night
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
eventide was their favorite time for enjoying a quiet respite in the backyard
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Recent Examples of eventide
Even though there’s no alcohol, these drinks, perhaps sipped with socially distanced friends in your eventide backyard, will buoy your spirits in an equally convivial way.
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Beth Segal, cleveland, 5 June 2020
East Bluff Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, perched along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, will blow your eventide expectations.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2022
Beth Segal, cleveland, 5 June 2020
East Bluff Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, perched along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, will blow your eventide expectations.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eventide
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Approximately 780,000 incorrect charges totaling over 2 billion forints ($5.43 million) in one night.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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One night, my mother and my father heard a gunshot in their room in São Paulo.Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Venus Always brilliant and shining with a steady, silvery light, Venus will appear in the western sky at dusk from Jan. 1 to March 15, and in the eastern sky at dawn from April 1 through Nov. 6.Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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The cheesecake factor Neon sign of The Cheesecake Factory restaurant glowing at dusk, Westfield Mall, San Jose, California, December 2, 2023.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Cloud services sunset features while introducing others.Ismail Amla, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The exemption sunsets in January, giving families one last season to use it.Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Slippery roads are possible in Chicago on Wednesday evening, according to one forecast.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The first is to shift solar power stored in batteries during the day to shore up peak demand in the evening.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Other than Pasta, and recognizing that Marchand is in his twilight years, the rest of the forward crew are essentially 10 to 20 goal scorers, who can chip in but are not go to guys when a game is on the line.Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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These and other organic molecules likely formed in the twilight years of the earliest stars, perhaps as early as a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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Then, after nightfall, the man put the woman inside her car in the backseat, deputies said.Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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The drones spotted in Britain in November — three days after President Biden said Ukraine could launch U.S.-made deep strike missiles into Russia — were larger and more durable to challenging weather than a hobbyist would be expected to own, and were mostly spotted after nightfall.Lara Jakes, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Eventide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eventide. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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