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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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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
That said, the New York Jets managed to steal a victory Thursday night—and this weekend is loaded tih rivalry games, which should have several teams fighting harder than usual.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2024
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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While the nation's eyes Tuesday night will be on a handful of swing states expected to determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, it may not be known for days who won Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
That said, the New York Jets managed to steal a victory Thursday night—and this weekend is loaded tih rivalry games, which should have several teams fighting harder than usual.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2024
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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At midnight, the designer himself arrived to buoyant fanfare and triumphant applause.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
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The new numbers are posted at midnight, EST, on his homepage The Virtual Tout.Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Zion finishes off the standard base trailer with a set of four bed lights for easily rummaging through cargo after dark and a rocker switch panel for those lights and available auxiliary and rock lights.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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Julia wants to explore; Randall has a bad feeling, and insists on going back to the van and getting home before dark.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Or maybe your evening walks around the neighborhood have started to feel tense with signs for different political candidates popping up on every other lawn.Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The evening also includes very special guests Trey Anastasio, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph, Joe Russo, Trombone Shorty, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and more to be announced.Dave Brooks, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
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Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat [Chrysalis/Partisan] Laura Marling’s first album in four years is a trove of nocturnal ballads and introspective lullabies recorded in the room with her newborn daughter.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2024
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Share [Findings] The nocturnal heart rate of young men can be predicted by their female partners’ daytime feelings of intimacy or annoyance.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Copper Mountain, long a fixture on the ski and snowboard halfpipe circuit with its annual U.S. Grand Prix in December, is adding a nighttime X Games Street Style pro event to be held concurrently with the Grand Prix.John Meyer, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2024
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The nighttime curfew Wauwatosa and Mayor Dennis McBride imposed in October 2020 during protests against police violence didn't violate peoples' First Amendment rights, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in an Oct. 16 decision.Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024
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The dog-friendly trails are groomed daily and are open every day from dawn to dusk.Roger Sands, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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As day turns to dusk and then nighttime, the suffused daylight outside gives way to the firefly-like flicker of passing headlights, while inside the room is bathed in light from a huge TV screen on one wall.Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Boycott, a lesbian party turned iconic bar, marks 20 years in Phoenix In the dark, questions of life in the universe Two hours after sunset, the rim was deserted.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Comet Tracker: How To Find The Comet Using The Summer Triangle Venus will sink soon after sunset, and in any case is more difficult to see from northern latitudes, so here’s another way to find the comet using the stars of the Summer Triangle, of which Vega is one.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The album amalgamates this twilight mood into a cohesive, moody, sometimes melancholic, often achingly pretty 34 minutes of music.Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
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Where cars sit idle beneath the open sky, trees might one day arch overhead and couples linger in a waning twilight.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Night.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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