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

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In the end, the helicopter’s two crew members were rescued by a sea drone, after hours in the water, a first-of-its-kind mission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Beauty are down around 33% so far this year, and were trading at around $52 after hours on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Toll’s shares rose 2.7% to $127.50 after hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

USA Rare Earth reported a first-quarter operating loss of $37 million on $5.7 million in sales; shares rose 1.5% after hours.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

But she was tired of cell culture, tired of meticulously cutting away dead tissue like gristle from a steak, tired of having cells die after hours of work.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

after hours

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