often attributive
: the time from dusk to dawn
Examples of nighttime in a Sentence
The animal hunts in the nighttime.
before electricity, gas lamps were used for illumination during the nighttime
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That nighttime encounter comes a couple weeks after Bieber had a daytime run-in with with shutterbugs outside a coffee shop near the Coachella Valley.
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Though that judgment proved incorrect, the belief was reasonable under the circumstances, including poor nighttime visibility, and which only underscored that the IDF complied with the rule of distinction under law of armed conflict.
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Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Tianyu Lights Festival is a ticketed nighttime experience featuring 25 lantern installations.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2025
That nighttime encounter comes a couple weeks after Bieber had a daytime run-in with with shutterbugs outside a coffee shop near the Coachella Valley.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
Though that judgment proved incorrect, the belief was reasonable under the circumstances, including poor nighttime visibility, and which only underscored that the IDF complied with the rule of distinction under law of armed conflict.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Nighttime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nighttime. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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