late-night

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adjective

: happening or appearing late at night

late-night television

late night

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noun

: a night when a person stays awake until a late hour

We're tired today because we had a late night last night.

Examples of late-night in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, referenced his office’s recent push to put more regulations on late-night bars on the block following a June shooting in the same area and said police would patrol the block permanently on weekends. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Rafi says separate arrangements were made for female DIU students to watch late-night kickoffs in Bangladesh, through screenings at their hostels, which is why fewer women are to be seen in the videos that flooded social media. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Noun

The other big story that blasted through late night this week was the cyclospora outbreak and its ensuing explosive diarrhea. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Sacramento police arrested a man who was initially detained and now faces a homicide charge in a late night stabbing earlier this week at McClatchy Park. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Rhymes for late-night

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• anchorite
• andesite
• anhydrite