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Recent Examples of midnight
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
There will also be the first-ever post-midnight confetti release on New Year's Eve, with 2,000 pounds of red, white and blue confetti, Times Square said on its website.
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
Diamy Wang,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Carroll was among the first people to bring a suit under the temporary law shortly after midnight on Thanksgiving in 2022.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
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Adjective
The post-midnight announcement came after signs of a rift among Iranian officials as the country awaited a decision by the 88-seat Assembly of Experts, a group of clerics that selects the supreme leader.
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Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
There will also be the first-ever post-midnight confetti release on New Year's Eve, with 2,000 pounds of red, white and blue confetti, Times Square said on its website.
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
This summer, Machak said the office is working with community partners on event programming, including a midnight basketball event that’s yet to be announced.
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Diamy Wang,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Carroll was among the first people to bring a suit under the temporary law shortly after midnight on Thanksgiving in 2022.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midnight
Adjective
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Between daily high temperatures and warm overnight lows — which won't be low enough to offer much relief — more than 300 records are expected to be set by Saturday.
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Part private local members’ club (known as Six Senses Place) and part hotel, all overnight guests enjoy access to the members-only areas of the property.
Noun
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The engineer flew in from Tampa to try and find her mother, sister, brother-in-law and nephew in the ruins of their nine-story apartment building, sleeping on the ground since arriving two nights ago.
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On Monday night, Contreras was ejected in the second inning after a check-swing strikeout prompted him to give a sarcastic ABS challenge gesture at the umpire, earning an instant boot.
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midnight. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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