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

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After finishing more than 1,700% higher at $207 during regular trading, the stock dropped 59% in after-hours trading before leveling off at approximately $80 in pre-market hours – still about eight times the opening level on Tuesday. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 With the after-hours pop, Opendoor now has a market cap of close to $6 billion, up from less than $400 million less than three months ago. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025 Insiders reveal that the final headliner — outside of the after-hours dance music spot — has yet to be nailed down. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025 Universal’s after-hours Halloween event has opened for the season at Universal Studios Hollywood and across the country at Orlando’s Universal Studios Florida. Robert Niles, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for after-hours

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of after-hours was in 1892

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“After-hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-hours. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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