nightcap

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Recent Examples of nightcap Texas Tech, on the other hand, emptied the tank during Thursday’s nightcap against Arkansas. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025 Once the pasta dishes have been devoured, Beckham avoids sweet desserts or nightcaps. Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2025 The nightcap of the doubleheader will feature Duke and Houston, with a scheduled start time of 7:49 p.m. (ET). Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 The all-chalk Final Four tips off Saturday afternoon on CBS with Florida-Auburn priming the pump for the Houston-Duke nightcap. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nightcap
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Noun
  • Campari is an Italian aperitif that originated in Italy in the 1800s.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
  • Aside from lending its name to one of France’s most famous aperitifs, Cap Corse is distinguished by its rugged landscapes, traditional villages, and defiantly Corsican culture.
    Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Knit Sleep Chemise This soft knit sleep chemise is highly rated, with one shopper deeming it the softest and most comfortable nightgown.
    Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Her eyes wide, her hair wild, her nightgown tangled.
    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But one of the best ways to try the local tipples remains bellying up where they’re made.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In 2022, a Spanish operation was dismantled that authorities said could have passed off as much as 40 million bottles of cheap table wine as finer tipples.
    Chris Hall, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • My great-grandmother in Georgia always wore a full-length dressing gown, while one of my Ohio grandmothers liked silky two-piece sets, and the other preferred flannel nightshirts with a rounded yoke that looked like something out of Little House on the Prairie.
    Clint Davis, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Petite Plume also sells silk pajama sets and nightshirts in whimsical prints, to make for a memorable gift.
    Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
  • At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Then, retire to the spacious living room to sip a digestif on one of the large couches.
    Shannon Sharpe, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
  • It’s been almost a year since The Bear season three ended with a digestif of cliffhangers.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Most of the intruders sported the berets that then marked radical activists.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, Wonder wore a cape with a long train alongside a matching jacket, black trousers, his signature shades and a black beret, plus jewelry by De Beers and David Yurman.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • While Unicorn is becoming a high-end investment platform for some, Marquis, 36, a bartender at the Franklin Tap who lives in Uptown, is using it more like an exotic corner liquor store and has multiple bids in this week’s auction.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • Baijiu is the world’s most popular liquor by volume, most commonly distilled from sorghum, but also from rice, wheat, corn and millet.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025

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“Nightcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightcap. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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