: 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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Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
The wild line sparked an outpouring of memes, and more than a few late-night monologue jokes.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 6 Mar. 2025
His late-night posts on X, mass emails to federal employees, and non sequiturs uttered on television have prompted even more questions about his drug use.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
These devices work by masking sudden noise disruptions, like a barking dog or a neighbor’s late-night TV binge.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel continued to roast Donald Trump‘s address to Congress on his ABC late-night talk show.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
The wild line sparked an outpouring of memes, and more than a few late-night monologue jokes.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 6 Mar. 2025
His late-night posts on X, mass emails to federal employees, and non sequiturs uttered on television have prompted even more questions about his drug use.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
These devices work by masking sudden noise disruptions, like a barking dog or a neighbor’s late-night TV binge.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Late-night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/late-night. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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