after-hours
adjective
af·ter-hours
ˌaf-tər-ˈau̇(-ə)rz 
: engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time
after-hours drinking
an after-hours club
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However, Imax shares fell sharply in after-hours trading, dropping nearly 5% after the company failed to match Wall Street’s projections.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
In after-hours trading, data center company Arista Networks slid 4% even though its quarterly earnings and revenue, as well as its guidance, exceeded Wall Street’s expectations.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
In after-hours trading yesterday, Robinhood gained 15%.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2025
Late last night, Makena Kelly, our senior politics reporter, reported that dozens of workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB, were fired in an after-hours blitz.
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
In after-hours trading, data center company Arista Networks slid 4% even though its quarterly earnings and revenue, as well as its guidance, exceeded Wall Street’s expectations.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
In after-hours trading yesterday, Robinhood gained 15%.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2025
Late last night, Makena Kelly, our senior politics reporter, reported that dozens of workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB, were fired in an after-hours blitz.
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
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“After-hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-hours. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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