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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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Hotel employees recounted seeing Short make several telephone calls in the lobby that evening, growing increasingly frantic.Alex Gurley, People.com, 15 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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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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Sunrise scene of Seoul downtown city skyline, Aerial view of N Seoul Tower at Namsan Park in twilight sky in morning.Amala Balakrishner,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
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Back to Moravia — and his gift for physical description: The courtyard lay deserted in the bleak, subdued twilight of a sultry day.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Night.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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