overnight

Definition of overnightnext

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Recent Examples of overnight More overnight lane reductions and ramp closures are scheduled for the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass as crews install K-rails and perform electrical work. City News Service, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026 Users can also toggle on audio, which adds smooth jazz reminiscent of the music that became synonymous with the network’s overnight and local forecast segments. Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito fell ill at a Philadelphia event in March and was treated for dehydration, but required no overnight hospital stay. Mark Sherman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026 Forgetting To Ready Your Pets Hopefully, any overnight guests are pet lovers like yourself. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overnight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overnight
midnight
Adjective
  • The post-midnight announcement came after signs of a rift among Iranian officials as the country awaited a decision by the 88-seat Assembly of Experts, a group of clerics that selects the supreme leader.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There will also be the first-ever post-midnight confetti release on New Year's Eve, with 2,000 pounds of red, white and blue confetti, Times Square said on its website.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025

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“Overnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overnight. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

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