all-nighter
noun
all-night·er
ˈȯl-ˈnī-tər 
: something that lasts all night
specifically
: an all-night study session
Examples of all-nighter in a Sentence
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Abrams sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe to discuss how the songwriting session for her The Secret of Us track led to Swift putting out a fire in her apartment after an all-nighter.
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Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 June 2024
In fact, for most people, the words college student conjure an image of an 18-year old in a dorm or pulling all-nighters at the campus library.
—Leslie Goldman, Parents, 24 June 2024
Law students Stacy Moses and Rob Cook pulled all-nighters to draft the court motion, emailing Markowitz their revisions before dawn.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
Pulling all-nighters to assemble PowerPoint presentations.
—Rob Copeland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
But even in the short term – for instance, in the all-nighters pulled by college students, corporate workers, or on-call doctors – loss of sleep takes its toll, researchers say, damaging DNA and preventing cell rejuvenation.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Effects on health of an all-nighter Pulling an all-nighter can have several impacts on the body, both physically and mentally.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
The Toronto producer’s debut EP is a carnival of dancehall, garage, and jungle, an homage to her Caribbean upbringing and years of all-nighters at the rave.
—Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023
But first, the family of four endured something that would test any new relationship: a 15-hour all-nighter of a road trip back to New York.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 June 2024
In fact, for most people, the words college student conjure an image of an 18-year old in a dorm or pulling all-nighters at the campus library.
—Leslie Goldman, Parents, 24 June 2024
Law students Stacy Moses and Rob Cook pulled all-nighters to draft the court motion, emailing Markowitz their revisions before dawn.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
Pulling all-nighters to assemble PowerPoint presentations.
—Rob Copeland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
But even in the short term – for instance, in the all-nighters pulled by college students, corporate workers, or on-call doctors – loss of sleep takes its toll, researchers say, damaging DNA and preventing cell rejuvenation.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Effects on health of an all-nighter Pulling an all-nighter can have several impacts on the body, both physically and mentally.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
The Toronto producer’s debut EP is a carnival of dancehall, garage, and jungle, an homage to her Caribbean upbringing and years of all-nighters at the rave.
—Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023
But first, the family of four endured something that would test any new relationship: a 15-hour all-nighter of a road trip back to New York.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
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“All-nighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-nighter. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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