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Recent Examples of nocturnal
More than half of the country’s native lemurs are nocturnal, with species like the hairy-eared dwarf lemur, aye-aye and Moore’s woolly lemur being just a few of the potential appearances during a night walk.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Also, just before the group saw the eagle, they were surprised by a paca—a large, usually nocturnal rodent—on the trail.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
Knowles has been a sleepwalker her entire life and has had many similar instances of nocturnal activities, per Newsweek.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 13 July 2025
As such, expect increases in the strength of the nocturnal inversions, warmer temperatures and progressively drier relative humidity values and moderate to poor overnight recoveries.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Also, just before the group saw the eagle, they were surprised by a paca—a large, usually nocturnal rodent—on the trail.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
Knowles has been a sleepwalker her entire life and has had many similar instances of nocturnal activities, per Newsweek.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 13 July 2025
As such, expect increases in the strength of the nocturnal inversions, warmer temperatures and progressively drier relative humidity values and moderate to poor overnight recoveries.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nocturnal
night
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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
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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
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“Nocturnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nocturnal. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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