after-hours
adjective
af·ter-hours
ˌaf-tər-ˈau̇(-ə)rz 
: engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time
after-hours drinking
an after-hours club
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The stock sank roughly 10% in after-hours trading.
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Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Looks were designed to transition seamlessly from office hours to after-hours, reflecting the lives of modern women who, like the designer herself, move effortlessly between roles and spaces.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Virgin’s Scarlet Night show turns the decks into a roving, all-red street party, while Celebrity Cruises’ Eden shifts from sunlit garden lounge to after-hours cabaret.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Insiders reveal that the final headliner — outside of the after-hours dance music spot — has yet to be nailed down.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Looks were designed to transition seamlessly from office hours to after-hours, reflecting the lives of modern women who, like the designer herself, move effortlessly between roles and spaces.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Virgin’s Scarlet Night show turns the decks into a roving, all-red street party, while Celebrity Cruises’ Eden shifts from sunlit garden lounge to after-hours cabaret.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Insiders reveal that the final headliner — outside of the after-hours dance music spot — has yet to be nailed down.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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“After-hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-hours. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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