first night
noun
: the night on which a theatrical production is first performed at a given place
also
: the performance itself
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Police detained more than 20 people, mostly on curfew violations, on the first night of restrictions in downtown Los Angeles and used crowd-control projectiles to break up hundreds of protesters.
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Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
On the first night, dozens of women and men from across the Hawaiian islands and California chanted into the night as their feet hit the floor to the beat of drums.
—Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
About a year ago, on the first night of a visit to Mexico City, TJ Lind met a guy named Nico.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 6 June 2025
This summed up the vibe on the first night of the show's Fiji villa debut.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
On the first night, dozens of women and men from across the Hawaiian islands and California chanted into the night as their feet hit the floor to the beat of drums.
—Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
About a year ago, on the first night of a visit to Mexico City, TJ Lind met a guy named Nico.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 6 June 2025
This summed up the vibe on the first night of the show's Fiji villa debut.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for first night
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“First night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20night. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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