all-nighter
noun
all-night·er
ˈȯl-ˈnī-tər 
: something that lasts all night
specifically
: an all-night study session
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Looking back at dinner, Randy said that his son seemed exhausted after pulling several all-nighters to study and was dealing with the grief of losing his mother.
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
For a The Hollywood Reporter profile in May 2023, writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller detailed their painstaking process, including pulling all-nighters to finalize the tiniest of details in the weeks leading up to the premiere.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
The play takes place in the library as a group of friends and roommates meet up to pull their last all-nighter to finish papers and cram for final exams.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
After signing up Airtable as his first major customer, Hamal worked all-nighters alongside several U.S.-based contractors to reduce a three- or four-week turnaround process to just one week.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
But in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, Stewart is pulling all-nighters, sorting donations for people who have lost their homes.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
Zweibel pulled two all-nighters typing up eleven hundred jokes.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
But don’t mistake their all-nighter for anything romantic.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
In 2013, after three years of negotiations and following what must have been one wild all-nighter in Geneva, 140 nations adopted the first binding treaty meant to reduce global mercury emissions.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
For a The Hollywood Reporter profile in May 2023, writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller detailed their painstaking process, including pulling all-nighters to finalize the tiniest of details in the weeks leading up to the premiere.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
The play takes place in the library as a group of friends and roommates meet up to pull their last all-nighter to finish papers and cram for final exams.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
After signing up Airtable as his first major customer, Hamal worked all-nighters alongside several U.S.-based contractors to reduce a three- or four-week turnaround process to just one week.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
But in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, Stewart is pulling all-nighters, sorting donations for people who have lost their homes.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
Zweibel pulled two all-nighters typing up eleven hundred jokes.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
But don’t mistake their all-nighter for anything romantic.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
In 2013, after three years of negotiations and following what must have been one wild all-nighter in Geneva, 140 nations adopted the first binding treaty meant to reduce global mercury emissions.
—Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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“All-nighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-nighter. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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