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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Johnny Carson was so popular during his heyday that a late-night quip about a toilet paper shortage caused a run on the product at grocery stores across the country in 1973, nearly a half-century before widespread pandemic hoarding of that important bathroom product. —

Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 Uber Eats: Need some late-night food delivery while watching the election results? —

Mike Snider, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 O'Brien's 28 years on late-night TV means he's had one of the longest runs as a talk-show host in the history of American television, placing him ahead of Oprah Winfrey and Larry King, though just behind Johnny Carson and David Letterman. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 That includes blistering winds, snowy mornings, and late-night temperature drops that require a new level of layering techniques and transitional separates to survive unscathed. —

Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for late-night