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 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 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. Beth Segal, cleveland, 5 June 2020
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Noun
  • With the big night almost here, here's what to know about the award ceremony and how to watch it.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The crowd takes it all in wearing headphones with green lights, turning the night into a kind of silent disco in a scene straight out of Mad Max.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The two halves of the body had been carefully placed, lined up, and posed for public view on Norton Avenue, with its considerable foot traffic from dawn to dusk.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The statement said that between sunrise and sunset, the no-fly zone would apply except for manned aircraft which had filed a flight plan and had a transponder switched on.
    Brendan Cole John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cheney Orr | Reuters Trump on Wednesday ordered American flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Sunday in Kirk's honor.
    Russell Leung, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The evening takes a turn as the cast and crew of Oklahoma!
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By early November, Bootes will pretty much already be below the horizon at the end of evening twilight.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The pairing glimmers low in the east an hour before sunrise, fading quickly in brightening twilight.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both the moon and Antares will set fairly soon after nightfall, so aim to catch the view within the first hour of darkness.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • By nightfall, Liat and Aviv were captives in Gaza along with 250 other people – 12 of whom, like Liat, were American citizens.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Eventide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eventide. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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