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
The magical journey begins at nightfall at the Durango Depot, where travelers anxiously wait for the powerful steam engine to chug around the corner.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
By nightfall, Emily had accepted that Ryan had drowned in the lake.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Look for the cool change to arrive in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area late weekend and on Monday, when the low-60s greet nightfall.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
The dissonance between their bacchanalian ritual and Adelaida’s silent, solitary suffering is marked, and the disrespect for the dead further underlined when a gravedigger tersely shoos her away from the graveside, reminding her that the area is unsafe, especially at nightfall.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
By nightfall, Emily had accepted that Ryan had drowned in the lake.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Look for the cool change to arrive in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area late weekend and on Monday, when the low-60s greet nightfall.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
The dissonance between their bacchanalian ritual and Adelaida’s silent, solitary suffering is marked, and the disrespect for the dead further underlined when a gravedigger tersely shoos her away from the graveside, reminding her that the area is unsafe, especially at nightfall.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightfall
Noun
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In the first half, the defensive activity and competitive spirit were far better against the league’s best team, a night after Miami came up woefully short in both of those areas against the league’s worst team.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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The night's hostess, Nikki Glaser, brought boyfriend Chris Convy as her date to the big show.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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As for what these glorious creatures sound like, the great eared nightjar's piercing call can be heard at dawn and dusk.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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So instead, to keep costs down and power up, the Starcloud satellite flies what is known as a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, circling the planet at a near vertical 83° angle that carries it over the poles and keeps it almost constantly exposed to the sun.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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The mural depicts him flying toward the sunset into the great beyond.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The beehive cluster will be visible throughout January and best seen after sunset and before midnight, NASA said in a monthly skywatching guide.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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The game will launch in the twilight window for Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S — six years after both consoles were released.—
Alex Buckmaster,
CNBC,
28 Dec. 2025
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Catch an Earthgrazer Generally speaking, depending on your location, Castor begins to come up above the east-northeast horizon right around the time evening twilight is coming to an end.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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Longtime Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is officially out of a job after the two sides parted ways Tuesday evening.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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The mesh uppers are secure but not snug, and the reflective details come in handy for early morning or evening runs.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Nightfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightfall. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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