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
The Forum Club became one of the city’s hottest nightspots.
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Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Longtime production designer Adam Stockhausen outdoes himself here, creating vivid worlds that run the gamut from exotic, Casablanca-style nightspots to underground-tunnel meeting spaces to treacherous jungle landscapes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 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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Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Longtime production designer Adam Stockhausen outdoes himself here, creating vivid worlds that run the gamut from exotic, Casablanca-style nightspots to underground-tunnel meeting spaces to treacherous jungle landscapes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 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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His 2024 album is titled Kansas Anymore, and New York was also once home to the legendary Max's Kansas City nightclub.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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The other, dubbed the Entertainment District Unit, places more police in uptown during peak nightlife hours when most crimes are likely to occur at or near bars and nightclubs.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With panel discussions, local author presentations and a comedy cabaret featuring local comedian Miss Shannon Paul.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the second half folds in the aesthetics of Vegas strip cabarets with eerie melodies from movie scores like Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Foundation emails obtained by the Herald show the club membership was actually under Gatlin’s name.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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Jacob Misiorowski provided four innings of one-run ball for Milwaukee, and his fellow rookie, Chad Patrick, pitched the club out of a massive jam to keep Milwaukee ahead in the sixth.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The park is surrounded by trees, bakeries, cafes, and more.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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La Maisonette, a cafe open for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea, also made a re-entrance following a 20-year closure.—
Jake Emen,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Nightspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightspot. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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