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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
North wind moving 5-8 mph will become light and variable after midnight.—Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025 The shutdown, which began just after midnight on October 1, surpassed the previous record for the longest in the nation's history on Wednesday.—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midnight
The most dangerous change might be the spike in overnight temperatures, which robs resting bodies of the chance to recover from daytime heat, thus contributing to as many as 600 excess deaths from heat each year.
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Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Weather conditions typically remain more stable during these early hours, and overnight maintenance has usually been completed without rushing.
For one night, under cold rain and flickering red lights, the noise faded.
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Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
On Saturday night in the Pacific Northwest, the Hornets kept their FCS playoff hopes alive with their big-play attack, racing past Portland State 52-24 at Hillsboro Stadium.
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