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as in midnight
the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight
loved to sit outside at night and watch the stars
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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
snuck out of town under the cover of night
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as in evening
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
we waited until night to begin lighting the candles in the windows
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Recent Examples of night
Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
One night, my mother and my father heard a gunshot in their room in São Paulo.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
All-inclusive nightly rates begin at about $1,000 per couple, but there are multi-night packages that discount this 20-40%.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
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Noun
While most employees planned to drive home Sunday before full-on blizzard conditions arrived, Putney said a few chose to sleep over a second night to stay off the icy roads.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
One night, my mother and my father heard a gunshot in their room in São Paulo.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Including those multi-night runs, the total number of shows scheduled for summer 2023 comes to 27.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
All-inclusive nightly rates begin at about $1,000 per couple, but there are multi-night packages that discount this 20-40%.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for night
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Rolls-Royce welcomed the new year in 2003 by delivering the first Phantom VII to its new owner just after midnight on 1 January.Trinity Francis, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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There is a 20 percent chance of snow in Chicago after midnight.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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But batteries that bank power for after dark have changed the equation.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Over this 21-year span, 234,000 square miles of the Arctic landscape transitioned from dark to lit.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Go earlier in the evening on a weekday to avoid crowds.Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Lastly, fiber in the evening can promote digestion overnight and encourage regular bowel movements in the morning.Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 15 Jan. 2025
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In one iconic sequence, the team used black lighting to attract nocturnal insects like fireflies and stag beetles.Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The European badger: industrious, nocturnal, nattily dressed in black-and-white stripes.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Enjoy nighttime activities like Nightrise at the Banff Gondola, evening ice walks and more.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Santa Monica has already imposed a nighttime curfew for some northern neighborhoods still affected by a mandatory evacuation order.Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Piccadilly Circus is seen at dusk, on 7th January 2025, in London, England.Jenni Reid, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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This bucket-list worthy kayaking experience starts at dusk and will take participants through the iconic Flowerpot Rock formations.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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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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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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“Night.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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