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Passover ends tomorrow at sundown.
we were told that the best time to see elk is at sundown
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Look up Just after sundown on January 16, Lori Kaine, a resident of Providenciales, the main island of the Turks and Caicos archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, heard a deafening noise and looked up.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
Another geomagnetic storm could make the lights visible again after sundown on New Year’s Day.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Francisco Negroni's 'Earth and Sky' captures a double lenticular cloud at sundown, lit by the Villarrica volcano.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Shabbat, a cornerstone of Judaism, is a day of rest practiced weekly from Friday to Saturday, sundown to sundown.
—Sammi Tapper, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
Another geomagnetic storm could make the lights visible again after sundown on New Year’s Day.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Francisco Negroni's 'Earth and Sky' captures a double lenticular cloud at sundown, lit by the Villarrica volcano.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Shabbat, a cornerstone of Judaism, is a day of rest practiced weekly from Friday to Saturday, sundown to sundown.
—Sammi Tapper, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Sundown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sundown. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.
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sundown
noun
sun·down
-ˌdau̇n 
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