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nightfall

[nahyt-fawl] / ˈnaɪtˌfɔl /
NOUN
the end of daylight
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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These eight steps can help keep bedrooms cooler before nightfall.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

After nightfall, it drops down some 50cm to a leaf, a branch or the forest floor and creates an anchor point using a silk line.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Come nightfall, capturing the lightning bugs during the few hours they appear each evening takes stamina and perseverance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

By nightfall, the country would begin to learn the outcome.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2026

Everything that comes of morning undoes itself before nightfall: rooster walks back into forest, fires die down, birds coo-coo-coo, sun sinks away, sky bleeds, passes out, goes dark, nothing exists.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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