all-nighter

noun

all-night·​er ˈȯl-ˈnī-tər How to pronounce all-nighter (audio)
: something that lasts all night
specifically : an all-night study session

Examples of all-nighter in a Sentence

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House committees pulled all-nighters yesterday to advance several pieces of his agenda. German Lopez, New York Times, 15 May 2025 The 80-100 hours a week of working and pulling two to three all-nighters, all to help drive the growth and transformation for many Fortune 100s. Rosemarie Truman, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 And all-nighters mean something slightly different since her daughter, Gemma, was born in December 2024. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 May 2025 Tabor and Kummer spend many all-nighters analyzing and comparing vessels, ideas, designers, and shipyards. Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 The largely party-line vote, 52-48, sets the stage for a potential Senate all-nighter Friday spilling into the weekend. Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025 Florida couple goes all in Politics Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar The vote sets the stage for back-to-back Senate all-nighters into the weekend. South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025 Fatigue Booker also completed an all-nighter, depriving himself of any sleep. Filip Timotija, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025 Looking back at dinner, Randy said that his son seemed exhausted after pulling several all-nighters to study and was dealing with the grief of losing his mother. Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all-nighter was in 1870

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“All-nighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-nighter. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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