as in nightclub
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
one of the city's few nightspots featuring a dance floor and a live band
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Recent Examples of nightspot
This Raleigh nightspot transformed from basement dive to dreamy cocktail bar.
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Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Music and dance are the engine of this musical, which is based on a Cuban ensemble named for a midcentury Havana nightspot and immortalized in a Wim Wenders documentary.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Which doesn’t mean the nightspots are losing money: Charging $10 a head, a club like the World, which holds about 1,300 people, can gross $40,000 in a weekend.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Local authorities were called to the popular nightspot around 1:50 a.m. to investigate reports of gunfire.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
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Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Music and dance are the engine of this musical, which is based on a Cuban ensemble named for a midcentury Havana nightspot and immortalized in a Wim Wenders documentary.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Which doesn’t mean the nightspots are losing money: Charging $10 a head, a club like the World, which holds about 1,300 people, can gross $40,000 in a weekend.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Local authorities were called to the popular nightspot around 1:50 a.m. to investigate reports of gunfire.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightspot
Noun
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The area had already changed to an entertainment district with the 1981 opening of the Billy Bob’s Texas nightclub across North Main Street.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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The two were first romantically linked in July after they were spotted dancing together and looking close during a nightclub outing.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inside the Landmark Center, the Klondike Kates will host their annual cabaret.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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These flamenco venues originally developed during the 1960s throughout Spain replacing cabarets.—
Emily Cardenas,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Razer’s chairman and CEO is a member of the elite billionaires club whose members appear on our annual list of Singapore’s 50 richest, collated by a team led by wealth editor Jane Ho.—
Naazneen Karmali,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Because, immediately, journeyman Jones threw five passes on the first five plays to began attacking the NFL’s weakest starting cornerbacks — a situation too obvious for the club to have gone the entire offseason not doing enough to remedy.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The dish became popular in Japan in the 1960s and is still commonly found in Japanese cafes.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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The restaurant, open since 1996 and founded by experienced cafe owner Peter Schroder, was once recognized on a Texas Monthly list of the state’s best breakfasts.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Nightspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightspot. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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