as in nocturnal
of, relating to, or occurring in the night the elderly couple's nightly walk around the neighborhood

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Recent Examples of nightly Our schedules didn’t match, and his nightly winding-down shift offered far more extracurricular opportunities than my waking-up shift. Craig Bartelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025 There are nightly shows, annual jazz, blues and bluegrass festivals and opera, and the country's largest folk festival. Outside Online, 11 June 2025 The expansion adds two balconies and two more bedrooms with room for up to 10 guests, expands the floor space to 3,500 square feet, and brings the nightly cost to $50,000. Billie Cohen, AFAR Media, 5 June 2025 From the skies, Russian bombers and drones have launched almost nightly attacks on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure such as power grids. Alexander Smith, NBC news, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for nightly
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  • Sure enough, the nocturnal feather stars were subtly but consistently distinct.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
  • Pangolins are nocturnal animals that curl into a tight ball to protect themselves from predators.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
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  • The theater hosted rare Milwaukee stops for such performers as Kevin Costner, Dana Carvey and Ray Romano with Brad Garrett, while acts like Cheap Trick, Rick Springfield, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp and the Brian Setzer Orchestra held multi-night residencies.
    Journal Sentinel, Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The pair can also arrange multi-night pack trips or erect a camp next to an old miner’s cabin for a backcountry-light experience catered by the house chef.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2023

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“Nightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightly. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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