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nightscape

American  
[nahyt-skeyp] / ˈnaɪtˌskeɪp /

noun

  1. a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.


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On his major-label debut, the rapper/singer’s gauzy, melodic flow plays peek-a-boo over nightscape beats, as if shrouded by a thin balcony curtain overlooking a sleeping city.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

He’d probably say something like, “Make my day,” except that Gotham seems stuck in a perpetual, rain-streaked nightscape.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022

By transforming an old theater into a disco, the two men also recast the nightscape of the city, creating a club that magnetized the famous and the merely fabulous equally.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020

At every moment, her pale skin glows and her dilated pupils flit over the nightscape in serene rapture.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2014

There is a short street in Walworth Road—East Street—which is as perfect as any nightscape ever conceived by any artist.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas

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