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nighttime

[nahyt-tahym] / ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm /


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Although the morning high tides over the weekend qualified as minor flooding, the nighttime high tides did not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Gen. Benjamin Watson ordered a nighttime curfew, a two-day halt of military activity for training, and a temporary ban on alcohol consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

In their role as nighttime pollinators, they distribute pollen from the flowers of numerous food-producing plants, carrying it on their fur and faces, according to the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources division.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Those nighttime surges are especially important because routine blood tests are rarely performed during sleep.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Lupita, shivering in the nighttime breezes that came in with the fog from the ocean, heard coyotes howling that night, but none came to the ruin.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty


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