night-time

British

noun

1. the time from sunset to sunrise; night as distinct from day
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a night-time prowler

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The government has unveiled a deer management strategy that will identify priority culling areas and make it easier to carry out licensed night-time and closed-season shooting.

From BBC

They say satellites could indirectly affect U.S. earthlings by, say, brightening the night-time sky.

From The Wall Street Journal

They include a six-month wait for learner drivers before taking a practical test, as well as restrictions on night-time driving and passenger numbers.

From BBC

Described as being the first play created for “mixed reality,” the show’s text is by the British writer Simon Stephens, who won a Tony Award for his stage adaptation of the novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As numbers fall, scientists say these night-time visits could hold vital clues to the nocturnal mammal's survival.

From BBC

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