first night
noun
: the night on which a theatrical production is first performed at a given place
also
: the performance itself
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But tech aside, for the first night at the Sphere, Phish sounded tight and passionate as ever.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025
Things went well on the Bucks’ first night with the trio completing a game together this season, but their effort came against the Nets, who are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings at 3-16 and decimated by injuries.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025
Jelly donuts and latkes mark the first night of Hanukkah, and the Menorah is lit each day at sunset.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
According to the complaint, as the children prepared for bed on the first night, the daughter learned that her bedmate was biologically male and identifies as a transgender female.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025
Things went well on the Bucks’ first night with the trio completing a game together this season, but their effort came against the Nets, who are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings at 3-16 and decimated by injuries.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025
Jelly donuts and latkes mark the first night of Hanukkah, and the Menorah is lit each day at sunset.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
According to the complaint, as the children prepared for bed on the first night, the daughter learned that her bedmate was biologically male and identifies as a transgender female.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for first night
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“First night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20night. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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