predawn
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of predawn
Example Sentences
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In a predawn raid on Dec. 6, 2023, fraud investigators and U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that "in two predawn operations today, the Coast Guard conducted back-to-back meticulously co-ordinated boarding of two 'ghost fleet' tanker ships".
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
In Hermiston, Ore., Marc Benner, 60, arrives in the predawn hours at a data-center construction site and lines up with scores of workers for a series of synchronized stretches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
The predawn scenes have a fragmented, almost experimental editing style.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025
His body was warm in the predawn cold, and formed something solid and certain in Tally’s shaken reality.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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