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名詞

late night (plural late nights)

1. A night when someone goes to bed later than usual.

   Antonym: early night

   I’ve had too many late nights this week, I'm exhausted.

   A worry that nags into the late night hours.

2. Late-night television programming.
   • 2025 September 19, Judy Berman, “Jimmy Fallon Is Playing It Safe. He Might Be Cooked Anyway”, in TIME‎, archived from the original on 22 September 2025:

     Fallon is known for being late night’s most lighthearted personality, but still, there was an unmistakable undertone of avoidance in his performance on Thursday.

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形容詞

late-night (not comparable)

1. Of, or related to the late night time.

   He became a director of weekend late-night programming.

   My son's unemployment is a worry that nags into the late-night hours.

   • 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN‎:

     “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.”