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• plural of night.

nights

American  

[nahyts] / naɪts /

adverb

1. at or during the night regularly or frequently.

   He worked during the day and wrote nights.

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nights British  

/ naɪts /

adverb

1. informal at night, esp regularly

   he works nights

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Etymology

Origin of nights

before 900; Middle English nightes, Old English nihtes. See night, -s ¹

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Example Sentences

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nights

Inspired by ecstatic nights at music festivals, it rejects anxiety in favour of what Bono calls "defiant joy".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Unable to work on the spinout on JPMorgan’s dime, the advisers worked nights and weekends for more than seven months to get Latigo Peak set up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

On nights like these you’re obliged to savor the unity.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

And for the first time in a decade of watching election nights, it was a joy to experience — like learning how to hope again.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Indeed by Beje standards it was enormous; for the first few nights the ceiling seemed so far overhead that I could not sleep.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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