as in nightclub
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
one of the city's few nightspots featuring a dance floor and a live band
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Recent Examples of nightspot
Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and a cast of other soon-to-be luminaries were part of the Toronto company, and Second City had rapidly become a popular nightspot.
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Lynn Hirschberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
Gilley, a chart-topping country singer and nightclub owner, became synonymous with honky-tonk hits and Gilley’s Club, the Texas nightspot that helped spark the 1980s’ urban cowboy craze.
—Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 20 Jan. 2026
Every Monday night at a nightspot in Raytown, one of the oldest open mic events in Kansas City, presents a platform for area performing artists to showcase their work.
—Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
Police arrested two men in a stabbing at a popular Lake Norman nightspot early Friday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Nov. 2025
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Lynn Hirschberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
Gilley, a chart-topping country singer and nightclub owner, became synonymous with honky-tonk hits and Gilley’s Club, the Texas nightspot that helped spark the 1980s’ urban cowboy craze.
—Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 20 Jan. 2026
Every Monday night at a nightspot in Raytown, one of the oldest open mic events in Kansas City, presents a platform for area performing artists to showcase their work.
—Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
Police arrested two men in a stabbing at a popular Lake Norman nightspot early Friday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightspot
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Soon after, two men attempted to rape her while in a nightclub, leaving her deeply scarred, and as reports indicate, this led her to a care home for worsening psychiatric symptoms.—
Solly Boussidan,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Versace became the unofficial uniform at nightclubs—skin-tight minidresses for her, flashy silk shirts for him—and sales at the brand’s boutique in nearby Bal Harbour soared.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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The weekly column about Wade’s life in the entertainment industry launched in Las Vegas Weekly in 2014 and has since evolved into a podcast and a live cabaret show.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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The 49,000 square-foot complex houses the 513-seat Baker-Baum Concert Hall, rehearsal rooms, offices, state-of-the-art recording facilities and The JAI, an intimate cabaret venue that serves food and drinks.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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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
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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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“Nightspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightspot. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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