on a nightly basis

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: every night
She asked me about it on a nightly basis.

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Trump officials say soldiers are necessary to protect federal personnel and an ICE facility in South Portland where demonstrators have protested on a nightly basis. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025 Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025 Which means Timberwolves coach Chris Finch may have decisions to make at that spot on a nightly basis. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025 Boston’s clearest path to competitiveness involves Brown playing at an All-NBA level – a status he’s reached just once in his nine NBA seasons, a second-team nod in 2022-23 – without resorting to hero ball and chucking up 25 shots on a nightly basis. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on a nightly basis

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“On a nightly basis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20nightly%20basis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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