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
Longtime production designer Adam Stockhausen outdoes himself here, creating vivid worlds that run the gamut from exotic, Casablanca-style nightspots to underground-tunnel meeting spaces to treacherous jungle landscapes.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
Music and dance are the engine of this musical, which is based on a Cuban ensemble named for a midcentury Havana nightspot and immortalized in a Wim Wenders documentary.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Which doesn’t mean the nightspots are losing money: Charging $10 a head, a club like the World, which holds about 1,300 people, can gross $40,000 in a weekend.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Local authorities were called to the popular nightspot around 1:50 a.m. to investigate reports of gunfire.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
Music and dance are the engine of this musical, which is based on a Cuban ensemble named for a midcentury Havana nightspot and immortalized in a Wim Wenders documentary.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Which doesn’t mean the nightspots are losing money: Charging $10 a head, a club like the World, which holds about 1,300 people, can gross $40,000 in a weekend.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Local authorities were called to the popular nightspot around 1:50 a.m. to investigate reports of gunfire.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightspot
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The venue itself, lined with vintage automobiles and framed by sweeping Hudson River views, became the perfect stage for Smith’s cinematic vision—equal parts luxe nightclub and tomb-raiding adventure.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
17 Sep. 2025
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After the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016, where 49 people were killed at the Orlando gay bar, Cox — then lieutenant governor — also looked inward.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
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Inside the Landmark Center, the Klondike Kates will host their annual cabaret.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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So, now going to the club with records playing, playing for kids that were not alive when some of these songs came out and watching a really great young DJ like Cosmo play this music from the same era with her own slant on it.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The 35,607 fans at Bank of America Stadium — the largest lower-bowl-only crowd in club history — watched Toklomati become the second player in franchise history to score a hat trick.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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Tricklebee Café owner Christie Melby-Gibbons looked around the dining area of her cafe with a bit of awe.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec wound its way through the charming streets of Quebec City’s old town, where patrons sitting in outdoor sidewalk cafes cheered the team from their seats.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Nightspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightspot. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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