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nighttime

[nahyt-tahym] / ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm /


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This week could bring Southern California its most sweltering temperatures of the year — a heat wave made all the more miserable, and dangerous, by oppressive muggy conditions and little nighttime relief.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

According to Klitschko and local authorities, the nighttime strikes sparked fires and damaged buildings across multiple districts in the capital.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

At this stage, visual information is sorted into more than a dozen parallel channels that process features such as daylight, nighttime vision, color, contrast, and shape.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Many of his wartime paintings are interiors executed on black backgrounds that suggest a kind of indoor nighttime, like the otherwise colorful “Christmas Roses and Saxifrages,” a 1944 still life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Before he returned to his wife and children, David told Mother to ignore the nighttime noises and get a good night’s sleep.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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