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overnight

[oh-ver-nahyt, oh-ver-nahyt, oh-ver-nahyt] / ˈoʊ vərˈnaɪt, ˈoʊ vərˌnaɪt, ˌoʊ vərˈnaɪt /












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Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields jumped more than five basis points in overnight trading, pegging the paper at 4.535%, the highest in nearly a year.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

No overnight counting of votes meant it wasn't until Friday evening that the result, which saw Plaid become Wales' largest party, was confirmed.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

In 2014, the Chinese leader, still relatively new to the presidency, hosted President Obama overnight at Zhongnanhai, where the two met in private over dinner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

This might happen at the end of their shift, when closing out the register or during overnight “batch processing” — finalizing the charges — along with transactions from other customers.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Marlene, we soon discovered, had made Karli and me famous overnight.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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