overnight
adverb
for or during the night.
overnights
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present tense formof overnight (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And a few more hospital overnights than were on the holiday itinerary...
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Nobody imagined using Wi-Fi to livestream Thursday Night Football from a multinational tech conglomerate that also overnights toilet paper and garden gnomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Yelmi Martinez, a single mother of three in Fresno who works overnights stocking shelves at a Walmart, said she’ll likely need to visit a food bank over the holidays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
The one facility type where overnights fell significantly since 2019 was retreat centers, down nearly 100%.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
I grabbed my pink canvas duffel bag, the one I’d planned to use for overnights the minute anyone asked me.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
