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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But the stock rose only slightly in after-hours trading Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

—U.S. futures climbed as after-hours traders reacted broadly positively to a clutch of earnings announced after Wednesday’s close.

From The Wall Street Journal

The commentary failed to stem the after-hours decline in Microsoft shares.

From MarketWatch

Shares of UnitedHealth and some of its competitors dropped sharply in after-hours trading Monday after the federal Medicare agency proposed payment rates for 2027 that were well below what Wall Street had expected.

From The Wall Street Journal

after hours

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