Definition of nightclubnext
as in cabaret
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts) decided to go dancing at a local nightclub after the long dinner and movie

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Recent Examples of nightclub The star’s casting as nightclub owner Zidler sent box office soaring last week, with grosses for the week ending March 29 landing at $1,600,0037, up nearly 40% over the previous (non-Megan) week. Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2026 They’re usually used in nightclubs and music venues. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026 Establishments such as gas stations, grocery stores and nightclubs started playing the videos. K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026 Prosecutors said Vilchez Lazo posed as a ride-hail driver and picked up young women who were waiting for their ride-hail after leaving nightclubs and bars in the South of Market neighborhood. Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nightclub
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Noun
  • Celebrate 15 years of Compass Rose Theater with lively cabaret featuring favorite songs and moments from past shows.
    Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This joyous, cabaret-fueled romp through six decades of Asher’s musical history is a time-machine treat that’s impossible to resist.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But there was the more important distance — the one separating Liverpool’s summer signing (from the Swedish top-flight club Kristianstad DFF) from the high-ankle sprain in December suffered during a benign set-piece session.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Badinter knew that debate-club arguments about deterrence and human-rights law and the possibility of judicial error would be ineffective.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Nightclub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightclub. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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