all-nighter

noun

all-night·​er ˈȯl-ˈnī-tər How to pronounce all-nighter (audio)
: something that lasts all night
specifically : an all-night study session

Examples of all-nighter in a Sentence

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The 80-100 hours a week of working and pulling two to three all-nighters, all to help drive the growth and transformation for many Fortune 100s. Rosemarie Truman, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 And all-nighters mean something slightly different since her daughter, Gemma, was born in December 2024. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 May 2025 Tabor and Kummer spend many all-nighters analyzing and comparing vessels, ideas, designers, and shipyards. Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 The largely party-line vote, 52-48, sets the stage for a potential Senate all-nighter Friday spilling into the weekend. Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025 Florida couple goes all in Politics Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar The vote sets the stage for back-to-back Senate all-nighters into the weekend. South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025 Fatigue Booker also completed an all-nighter, depriving himself of any sleep. Filip Timotija, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025 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. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all-nighter was in 1870

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“All-nighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-nighter. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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