white night
Americannoun
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a sleepless night.
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a summer night in high latitudes when it is not fully dark.
Example Sentences
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The Eufy can also be set to turn on the spotlight at night based on motion, and both offer infrared black and white night vision.
From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2022
If there’s not enough light, it can be set to automatically switch to standard black and white night vision.
From The Verge ● Sep. 21, 2021
Survivors recalled "white night" events, sometimes weekly, where Jones would declare a crisis about the compound's safety.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2018
The fugitives recalled the "white night" exercises in which loudspeakers would summon all Jonestown residents from their sleep.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were all used to shooting baskets in this kind of white night.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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