late-night
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of late-night
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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But the primary earned even more national attention last week amid a dust-up between late-night host Stephen Colbert and CBS lawyers over the airing of a Talarico interview.
From Slate
Authorities have imposed a late-night curfew, which will remain in place until Wednesday in Gilgit and Skardu, where the army has been deployed on the streets.
From Barron's
Mr. Gore doggedly sold his Reinventing Government effort, even going on David Letterman’s late-night TV show.
It’s been profoundly disorienting to hear mainstream commentators, including some who identify as liberals, flirting once again with the phrase “regime change,” as if they were late-night texting that seductive bad-boy ex they can’t resist.
From Salon
After Manhattan rents jumped and then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani cracked down on the late-night dance scene in the 1990s, promoters started hosting parties in vacant factories and industrial spaces in Brooklyn.
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