after-hours

adjective

af·​ter-hours ˌaf-tər-ˈau̇(-ə)rz How to pronounce after-hours (audio)
: engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time
after-hours drinking
an after-hours club

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Informal opportunities include getting coffee in the breakroom, catching up with someone after a weekend, or attending an after-hours event. Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Boeing — The airplane maker saw shares dropping nearly 2% in after-hours trading after the company released preliminary fourth-quarter financial results. Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025 Shares in Netflix surged more than 10% in after-hours trading on the results. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025 The shares gained about 14% in after-hours trading. Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for after-hours 

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of after-hours was in 1892

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“After-hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-hours. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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