after-hours
adjective
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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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.
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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
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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
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“After-hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-hours. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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