after-hours

adjective

af·​ter-hours ˌaf-tər-ˈau̇(-ə)rz How to pronounce after-hours (audio)
: engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time
after-hours drinking
an after-hours club

Examples of after-hours in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of the favorite parts of each campout was the walk to Branden’s engineering building to use his after-hours access to the bathroom so that everyone could brush their teeth. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 Gap stock edged up in after-hours trading Thursday, after the company reported a slight increase in earnings for its fourth quarter, powered primarily by its subsidiary spinoff Old Navy. Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024 Born to Rum at Tudor Place Tudor Place, the historic home and garden in Georgetown, invites visitors in for a stiff drink during its Tudor Nights after-hours program. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024 The clinic now only serves animals that are being sheltered at the site, but Hansen said the Humane Society plans to open it as an after-hours urgent care community clinic in 2025. Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024 Without it, the internet would resemble nothing so much as an after-hours arcade, lifeless and dark. Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024 But its stock still shot up 20% in after-hours trading after the company excited investors about the tech industry’s favorite buzzwords: artificial intelligence. Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024 Key Facts Snowflake’s stock closed down nearly 2% on Wednesday at $230, later plunging as much as 24% in after-hours trading to around $173. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Many of those new installations happened in Japan and South Korea, two important markets for Imax. Shares of Imax were up more than 3% in after-hours trading. Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of after-hours was in 1902

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“After-hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-hours. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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