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afterparty

British  
/ ˈɑːftəˌpɑːtɪ /

noun

  1. a small party held after a larger event, such as a pop concert or film première, to which only a select group of guests is invited

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She says his female assistant then brought her to an afterparty at the members’ club Shoreditch House.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Kojey Radical's third album was inspired by two separate incidents: A fashion week afterparty where he felt like an outsider, and a birthday bash for a close friend that highlighted a rift in their friendship.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

When Sam Altman arrived in Los Angeles to attend Vanity Fair’s Oscar afterparty earlier this month, his company was just weeks away from being able to license its Sora video-generation tools to Hollywood studios.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

He also co-headlined an hour-long B2B with Night 1 Dreamstate headliner Gareth Emery early Sunday morning, as the top-billed act for the festival’s afterparty in the Grand Salon of the iconic Queen Mary.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

Later, at Paramount Brooklyn, where Mamdani’s official party had wrapped, the afterparty was pure New York fever dream: Hasan Piker, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Abby Stein, Mahmoud Khalil, and half the city’s activist class under one roof.

From Slate Nov. 5, 2025

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