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bedtime

[bed-tahym] / ˈbɛdˌtaɪm /


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I use the Amazon Echo Show device daily, sometimes to play music, but mostly to set timers and turn off all the lights before bedtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Avoiding smartphone use before bedtime may also help protect sleep, while regular physical activity and better posture could reduce some of the physical strain associated with prolonged use.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Sleep researchers often recommend avoiding caffeine for at least six hours before bedtime.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

No legislature debated whether two hours was the correct limit or midnight the correct bedtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Over her protests bedtime was declared, for she had used up her three questions and that, as the elder Lumleys said, was that.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Before the NFL’s first-ever regular season game in Australia, the San Francisco 49ers rigorously studied something they don’t usually worry about: bedtimes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Visit the school, walk or drive past it, bring bedtimes back a bit earlier so it's not just a big start in the first week," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed a tongue-in-cheek executive order "temporarily repealing bedtimes" to encourage children to watch the late-night games.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Short sleep and later bedtimes strengthened the relationship between screen time and cardiometabolic risk.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025

Penelope had always preferred early bedtimes, but in Plinkst she often found herself unable to sleep.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood


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