all-night
Americanadjective
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taking up, extending through, or occurring continually during an entire night; nightlong.
an all-night vigil.
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open all night, as for business; providing services, accommodations, etc., at all hours of the night.
an all-night restaurant.
Etymology
Origin of all-night
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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Covered in tattoos, with his hair in a long braid, 35-year-old Australian DJ and former boy-band member Lenny Pearce looks more like an all-night raver than a children’s host.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
As activists gather beneath tarpaulin sheets in New Delhi, often holding all-night political debates, singing or reciting poetry, delivery drivers from online platforms weave through the barricades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
UCLA, as previously enacted, will allow preapproved overnight events — such as an all-night reading last October of famed Palestinian American author Edward Said’s memoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
On the corner of East 4th Street, the all-night fried chicken joint was empty, and the counter man was sitting at one of the tables reading a copy of the News.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
It had been dry too long for even an all-night rain to leave the dirt of Parker Head muddy, and Turner ran down the road and up into the woods.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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