as in nightclubs
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 nightspots
Through the years, 671 Washington also was home to other nightspots, including Gem, The Living Room and Club Mirage.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Few, if any, comparable nightspots that don’t own their own real estate have inked a deal that would guarantee them a home for decades going forward.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Few, if any, comparable nightspots that don’t own their own real estate have inked a deal that would guarantee them a home for decades going forward.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightspots
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The 23-story apartment complex is perched at a key gateway to downtown in the city’s SoFA district, a hub of restaurants, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, shops, arts and culture sites, and live entertainment venues.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The brothers met victims at nightclubs, parties and on dating apps, and recruited others for trips to ritzy locales, paying for their flights and lodging at high-end hotels or luxe vacation rentals before drugging and raping them, prosecutors said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Other clubs have hovered around Dowman, hoping to prise him away from north London, but Arsenal have secured his signature.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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During the Great Depression, the mansions saved the city from complete desolation when local garden clubs created an antebellum tourism industry virtually out of thin air.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Nightspots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightspots. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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