1
: lasting throughout the night
an all-night poker game
2
: open throughout the night
an all-night diner
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This is about these films finding distributors who believe in them, but the heady days of all-night auctions are for now as dead as disco.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
With little power in the minority to stop the onslaught, Democrats instead used the all-night debate to force GOP senators into potentially embarrassing votes -- including the first one, on blocking tax breaks to billionaires.
—Lisa Mascaro, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2025
With little power in the minority to stop the onslaught, Democrats instead used the all-night debate to force GOP senators into potentially embarrassing votes — including the first one, on blocking tax breaks to billionaires.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Republicans rebuffed more than two dozen Democratic amendments during the all-night vote-a-rama, a lengthy amendment process that's part of Senate procedure for reconciliation.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
With little power in the minority to stop the onslaught, Democrats instead used the all-night debate to force GOP senators into potentially embarrassing votes -- including the first one, on blocking tax breaks to billionaires.
—Lisa Mascaro, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2025
With little power in the minority to stop the onslaught, Democrats instead used the all-night debate to force GOP senators into potentially embarrassing votes — including the first one, on blocking tax breaks to billionaires.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Republicans rebuffed more than two dozen Democratic amendments during the all-night vote-a-rama, a lengthy amendment process that's part of Senate procedure for reconciliation.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
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“All-night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-night. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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