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after hours

[af-ter-ouuhrz, -ou-erz, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˈaʊərz, -ˈaʊ ərz, ˈɑf- /
NOUN
night
Synonyms
STRONGEST
midnight
STRONG
bedtime blackness dark darkness duskiness evening eventide gloom nightfall nighttime obscurity twilight
WEAK
after dark before dawn dark hours dead of night dusk to dawn nighttide pitch dark pitch-darkness witching hour
Antonyms
STRONG
day daybreak daylight daytime light morning
WEAK
brightness illumination lightness

Example Sentences

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Shares surged 28% to $6.83 in after-hours trading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Intel’s after-hours stock move translates to a price of $79.27.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

In after-hours trading, the shares surged past their Aug. 31, 2000 closing high.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Shares fell 2.3% to $62.50 in after-hours trading Wednesday, after closing down 1.4% at $63.98.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The other nights the boarders had to stay elsewhere because of an after-hours club the owners ran on the weekends.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee