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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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
Alphabet briefly surpassed Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company in after-hours trading earlier this month, but for now that appears to be a momentary blip.
—Katie Tarasov,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 May 2026
So Gavriel, a former Wix developer with a physics and computer science background plus years of obsessive after-hours AI tinkering, built his own.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 May 2026
The after-hours walkthrough of the Frida Kahlo exhibition will be followed by a five-course tasting menu in the gallery’s skyline restaurant.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Adjective
The hotel is notoriously a second home to the museum’s gala attendees come the first Monday in May, and can organize private or after-hours tours of the museum for guests.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
Alphabet briefly surpassed Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company in after-hours trading earlier this month, but for now that appears to be a momentary blip.
—Katie Tarasov,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 May 2026
So Gavriel, a former Wix developer with a physics and computer science background plus years of obsessive after-hours AI tinkering, built his own.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 May 2026
The after-hours walkthrough of the Frida Kahlo exhibition will be followed by a five-course tasting menu in the gallery’s skyline restaurant.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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“After hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after%20hours. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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