Day
Day noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.
Usage example: at the break of day I was relieved to realize that I had survived another night in the wilderness
Nearby Word: daytime
Sundown
Sundown noun - The time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness.
Usage example: we were told that the best time to see elk is at sundown
Nearby Word: sundowner
Both words in one sentence
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Seventh-day Adventists — The basics are in the name: they worship on the Jewish Sabbath (sundown Friday to sundown Saturday) instead of on Sunday, and they believe the Second Coming is imminent.
Source: Useful Notes / Christianity - Assuming they didn't sleep through the night and wake up the next day, Gordon and Alyx wake up when it is still day out and travel all afternoon, and get to the resistance base near sundown.
Source: Extremely Short Timespan - They had certain degree of autonomy, and the gates were closed at sundown (the Jewish beginning of day).
Source: Urban Segregation
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Sundown and Day. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/day/sundown
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