bedtime
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No legislature debated whether two hours was the correct limit or midnight the correct bedtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Both of our husbands traveled for work a lot, so Scott and I spent hours together, especially before bedtime and during the “witching hour” with our little ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Emily said her daughter would cry because she was not ready to say goodnight, or because they had not finished the bedtime story.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
During one six week study period, participants delayed their usual bedtime by 90 minutes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
They took their baths and made their beds and put their toys back in the toy chest before bedtime, for that is what Lumawoo would have wanted.
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
Their meals and bedtimes were supervised as if they were new girls at Roedean.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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