first night
noun
: the night on which a theatrical production is first performed at a given place
also
: the performance itself
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During their first night out together, the couple ducks into a Spanish nightclub, drinking under a smear of colored lights and then dancing.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Thaksin made a vaunted homecoming from Dubai in 2023 to serve an eight-year sentence for abuse of power and conflicts of interest, but on his first night in prison, he was transferred to the VIP wing of a hospital on medical grounds.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Soft-spoken and unrelenting, Alboury emerges as the only moral voice in a land of postcolonial abandon, refusing to let Cal get away with what may be homicide, while disrupting Horn’s romantic first night with Leonie.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The news comes in the wake of the pic receiving a 6 1/2 minute standing ovation on the first night of the Venice Film Festival.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Thaksin made a vaunted homecoming from Dubai in 2023 to serve an eight-year sentence for abuse of power and conflicts of interest, but on his first night in prison, he was transferred to the VIP wing of a hospital on medical grounds.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Soft-spoken and unrelenting, Alboury emerges as the only moral voice in a land of postcolonial abandon, refusing to let Cal get away with what may be homicide, while disrupting Horn’s romantic first night with Leonie.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The news comes in the wake of the pic receiving a 6 1/2 minute standing ovation on the first night of the Venice Film Festival.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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“First night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20night. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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