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 For Lagunas, who still gets nightly flashbacks from the time of the crash, Stein’s signing hits differently. Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025 In the comments, TikTok users joked about the couple's nightly challenge of carving out personal space while competing with a dog that outweighs many adults. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 According to Jimmy Rizvi, Khanna’s business partner at Bungalow, reservations for the restaurant sell out within 30 to 90 seconds of going live, with nightly waitlists averaging more than 1,000 people. Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025 The Jonas Brothers’ latest tour has been marked by nightly special guests, and Detroit’s came in the form of Russell Dickerson, the long-working country singer whose career recently got a kickstart thanks to TikTok. Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nightly
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  • Many animals have adapted to water scarcity, with seasonal migrations, nocturnal habits and burrowing during the worst of the heat to offset water loss.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fanaloka are a small, nocturnal species which are native to the lowland and rainforest areas of Madagascar.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • 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
  • 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

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“Nightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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