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.

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Adjective
For visitors, many of whom can afford late-night bars and restaurants, this merely means avoiding La Rambla in the sunshine. Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 But that all changed when O’Donnell reached out to Kimmel following the death of his beloved Uncle Frank Potenza, a former NYPD officer who’d made a number of memorable comedy-sketch appearances on his nephew’s late-night show. Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
In an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show in 2016, Trump allowed the host to rustle his hair. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 After a late night meal at an Indian restaurant followed by a nightcap at the crew's favorite Italian restaurant, a season's worth of suspicions comes bubbling up for Tony in the form of a violent episode of food poisoning. Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for late-night

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“Late-night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/late-night. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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