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midnight

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noun

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Recent Examples of midnight
Adjective
News networks marked the moment with post-midnight ET special reports, with CNN and MSNBC featuring countdown clocks before switching their chyron banner headlines. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
The fire was first detected by the University of California at San Diego environmental sensing platforms about 12 minutes after midnight. Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025 The Andromeda Galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy lies almost directly overhead in the hours surrounding midnight on October nights, presenting a perfect opportunity to observe the Milky Way's closest neighbor without the atmospheric interference that comes from being close to the horizon. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midnight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for midnight
Adjective
  • But by night, a low-pressure system will move toward the upper Great Lakes, bringing overnight rains and a dip in temperatures to southeastern Wisconsin, Cronce said.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The FedEx project, for example, is the first one that the overnight delivery service has done in a decade.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With Thursday night's loss to the Bengals, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers are now 4-2 on the season.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That same night, Clarkson's The Kelly Clarkson Show won in the Outstanding Daytime Talk Series category.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midnight. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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