by night
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: at night : during the night
New York by night is very different from New York by day.
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However, Monday morning is still expected to be frosty, with wind chills as low as -5 degrees, while by night, the low temperature will be 18 degrees, according to NWS meteorologists.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Hewn from blue quartzite and cherrywood, the piece serves many purposes—dining table and entertaining surface by night and de facto workspace by day.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
Then by night, partly cloudy with a low near 39.
—Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 2 Feb. 2026
Upstairs, The Living Room opens onto a High Line terrace, calm by day, glitzy lounge-like by night.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Hewn from blue quartzite and cherrywood, the piece serves many purposes—dining table and entertaining surface by night and de facto workspace by day.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
Then by night, partly cloudy with a low near 39.
—Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 2 Feb. 2026
Upstairs, The Living Room opens onto a High Line terrace, calm by day, glitzy lounge-like by night.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for by night
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“By night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20night. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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