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predawn

[ pree-dawn, pree- ]

noun

  1. the period immediately preceding dawn.


adjective

  1. noting the time immediately prior to dawn.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of predawn1

First recorded in 1945–50; pre- + dawn
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Last month, a CBS News “60 Minutes†segment highlighted Germany’s speech policing by interviewing prosecutors involved in predawn raids of homes and electronics sparked by people’s online comments critical of politicians.

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Even though it was the middle of the night in the region when Trump unveiled his proposals, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry issued an unusual predawn statement in which it expressed “firm, steadfast and unwavering†support for Palestinian statehood — a nonstarter if Gaza’s entire population is dispersed elsewhere.

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Adrienne Lett was asleep in her Altadena home when she heard someone banging on her window in the predawn hours of January 8.

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Her family had spent the predawn hours of her birthday — one her mom notes she shares with King — packing up their car with the few possessions they were able to grab from her grandfather’s home where they lived on Highview Avenue.

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Keeping 75 miles of asphalt free from cars for seven hours is the purpose of this weekly predawn hubbub, and every last item here has been meticulously ordered so that it can be dropped off, according to each intersection’s traffic pattern, from the back of an open truck.

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