as in nightclub
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts) one of the city's few nightspots featuring a dance floor and a live band

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Recent Examples of nightspot This Raleigh nightspot transformed from basement dive to dreamy cocktail bar. Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 Music and dance are the engine of this musical, which is based on a Cuban ensemble named for a midcentury Havana nightspot and immortalized in a Wim Wenders documentary. Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 May 2025 Which doesn’t mean the nightspots are losing money: Charging $10 a head, a club like the World, which holds about 1,300 people, can gross $40,000 in a weekend. Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025 Local authorities were called to the popular nightspot around 1:50 a.m. to investigate reports of gunfire. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nightspot
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Noun
  • The area had already changed to an entertainment district with the 1981 opening of the Billy Bob’s Texas nightclub across North Main Street.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The two were first romantically linked in July after they were spotted dancing together and looking close during a nightclub outing.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Inside the Landmark Center, the Klondike Kates will host their annual cabaret.
    Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
  • These flamenco venues originally developed during the 1960s throughout Spain replacing cabarets.
    Emily Cardenas, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Razer’s chairman and CEO is a member of the elite billionaires club whose members appear on our annual list of Singapore’s 50 richest, collated by a team led by wealth editor Jane Ho.
    Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Because, immediately, journeyman Jones threw five passes on the first five plays to began attacking the NFL’s weakest starting cornerbacks — a situation too obvious for the club to have gone the entire offseason not doing enough to remedy.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The dish became popular in Japan in the 1960s and is still commonly found in Japanese cafes.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The restaurant, open since 1996 and founded by experienced cafe owner Peter Schroder, was once recognized on a Texas Monthly list of the state’s best breakfasts.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Nightspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightspot. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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