after hours
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: after the regular quitting or closing time
af·ter-hours
ˌaf-tər-ˈau̇(-ə)rz 
: engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time
after-hours drinking
an after-hours club
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
Participants will get after-hours access to the library’s genealogy resources, including public computers, specialized databases and the library’s WiFi, according to a press release about the event.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
No arrests or updates have been made in the mass shooting at an unlicensed, after-hours club on Troost that left nine people injured by gunfire or the double homicide that occurred at a Westport Quiktrip.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Outdoor movies continue to pop up, including one in a pool, while the Botanic Garden invites plant-lovers to an after-hours party.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 18 June 2026
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Adjective
The brick structure was turned into a restaurant in the 1980s and a controversial after-hours dance club in the 1990s.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
Participants will get after-hours access to the library’s genealogy resources, including public computers, specialized databases and the library’s WiFi, according to a press release about the event.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
No arrests or updates have been made in the mass shooting at an unlicensed, after-hours club on Troost that left nine people injured by gunfire or the double homicide that occurred at a Westport Quiktrip.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Outdoor movies continue to pop up, including one in a pool, while the Botanic Garden invites plant-lovers to an after-hours party.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 18 June 2026
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“After hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after%20hours. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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