all-nighter

noun

all-night·er ˈȯl-ˈnī-tər

: something that lasts all night

specifically : an all-night study session

Examples of all-nighter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Remember, Beckham is not a regular designer pulling all-nighters in the studio and living on coffee, Diet Coke, cigs and the like. —

Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024 Elon Musk, currently the world’s richest person, was once among them — bragging about pulling all-nighters and sleeping under his desk as his electric vehicle company Tesla tried to meet its production goals. —

Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024 But working with other countries, several of whom are building hardware for Artemis, takes longer than going it alone—just as doing a group project can grate more than simply pulling a solo all-nighter. —

Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 Staying true to the spirit of fashion week parties, this one was an all-nighter. —

Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024 This concept, which started with many debaucherous all-nighters in cosmopolitan cities, has become Jhayco’s greatest musical odyssey. —

Suzy Exposito, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2024 So no one is better equipped to face down an all-nighter with an infant, or a daunting diaper change. —

Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024 Abrams sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe to discuss how the songwriting session for her The Secret of Us track led to Swift putting out a fire in her apartment after an all-nighter. —

Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 June 2024 In fact, for most people, the words college student conjure an image of an 18-year old in a dorm or pulling all-nighters at the campus library. —

Leslie Goldman, Parents, 24 June 2024

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