as in night
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
since you aren't taking a flashlight, make sure you're back at camp by nightfall
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Recent Examples of nightfall
Stargaze by the River At nightfall, don't forget to look up, says Cassie Branstetter, Public Information Officer for Buffalo National River.
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Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, practical advice will stabilize everything by nightfall.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
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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Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, practical advice will stabilize everything by nightfall.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightfall
Noun
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Showing confidence the whole night that the outcome wouldn’t really be in doubt, BSU went for it seven times on fourth down, converting six of those.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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Two weeks after an upset loss to visiting Cal Poly and a week after having a off-night bye to think about a season that could go either way, Sacramento State delivered a resounding 55-27 victory over Weber State on Saturday night in chilly Ogden, Utah.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That Friday night, at dusk, Mamdani set out from Inwood.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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By dusk, the men in the lake house—men with wives and girlfriends wisely absent—were cracking jokes about his comely dishevelment.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Draconid meteors appear to streak away from a point of origin — or radiant — located close to the head of the great dragon represented by the constellation Draco, which can be found glittering above the Big Dipper asterism in the northwestern sky after sunset in mid-October.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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From sunrise to sunset, the Big Apple seems to stretch right into the apartment, with everything from the Empire State Building to the Upper East Side rooftops on show.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 Oct. 2025
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The innovative lineup features purses with knotted rope details, a bag shaped like a sailor collar and a laptop bag with magnetic closures that transforms into a pouch for evening.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Approximately 50 people gathered Sunday evening to celebrate the life and upcoming birthday of Keiairra Travis after a hit-and-run killed her early Saturday morning.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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In the black-and-white shot Earth is hanging in the pearly glow of the Martian twilight, the hilly horizon silhouetted at the bottom.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
9 Oct. 2025
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But many attendees simply want to capture the fruits of Yamamoto’s twilight years before his eventual retirement, which is sure to leave a gaping void in fashion.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Nightfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightfall. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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