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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Nystrom spent the first night of the draft at a Minnesota casino, co-hosting SKOR North’s live stream.
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Another notable image was captured in Sierra La Giganta, Baja California, Mexico, while another photographer documented one of the first night images ever taken from a canyon inside the Hopi Indian Reservation.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
On the first night of the soccer championships, Jefferson claimed its first girls soccer title, and right after, Islands, out of Savannah, won the school’s first state title in any sport.
—Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Jerrad Moening was not expected to make it through the first night.
—Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 12 May 2026
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Another notable image was captured in Sierra La Giganta, Baja California, Mexico, while another photographer documented one of the first night images ever taken from a canyon inside the Hopi Indian Reservation.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
On the first night of the soccer championships, Jefferson claimed its first girls soccer title, and right after, Islands, out of Savannah, won the school’s first state title in any sport.
—Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Jerrad Moening was not expected to make it through the first night.
—Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 12 May 2026
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“First night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20night. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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