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nights

American  
[nahyts] / naɪts /

adverb

  1. at or during the night regularly or frequently.

    He worked during the day and wrote nights.
nights British  
/ naɪts /

adverb

  1. informal at night, esp regularly

    he works nights
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of nights

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

Example Sentences

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I spent a year attending community college philosophy classes, and some of the best nights of my life have been spent standing outside a strip-mall GameStop.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

“On some production nights there were only two or three of us in the room.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Starting on Thursday, the opening concerts in Goyang are estimated to draw more than 120,000 fans over three nights.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The organisers of the Wireless Festival in London where West -- now known as Ye -- had been booked to play all three nights in July swiftly cancelled the event.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“You must be tired from your journey. Now you can rest for a couple of nights and get your strength back.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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