all-nighter
noun
all-night·er
ˈȯl-ˈnī-tər 
: something that lasts all night
specifically
: an all-night study session
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Tabor and Kummer spend many all-nighters analyzing and comparing vessels, ideas, designers, and shipyards.
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The largely party-line vote, 52-48, sets the stage for a potential Senate all-nighter Friday spilling into the weekend.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Florida couple goes all in Politics Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar
The vote sets the stage for back-to-back Senate all-nighters into the weekend.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Fatigue Booker also completed an all-nighter, depriving himself of any sleep.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Looking back at dinner, Randy said that his son seemed exhausted after pulling several all-nighters to study and was dealing with the grief of losing his mother.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
For a The Hollywood Reporter profile in May 2023, writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller detailed their painstaking process, including pulling all-nighters to finalize the tiniest of details in the weeks leading up to the premiere.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
The play takes place in the library as a group of friends and roommates meet up to pull their last all-nighter to finish papers and cram for final exams.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
After signing up Airtable as his first major customer, Hamal worked all-nighters alongside several U.S.-based contractors to reduce a three- or four-week turnaround process to just one week.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The largely party-line vote, 52-48, sets the stage for a potential Senate all-nighter Friday spilling into the weekend.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Florida couple goes all in Politics Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar
The vote sets the stage for back-to-back Senate all-nighters into the weekend.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Fatigue Booker also completed an all-nighter, depriving himself of any sleep.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Looking back at dinner, Randy said that his son seemed exhausted after pulling several all-nighters to study and was dealing with the grief of losing his mother.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
For a The Hollywood Reporter profile in May 2023, writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller detailed their painstaking process, including pulling all-nighters to finalize the tiniest of details in the weeks leading up to the premiere.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
The play takes place in the library as a group of friends and roommates meet up to pull their last all-nighter to finish papers and cram for final exams.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
After signing up Airtable as his first major customer, Hamal worked all-nighters alongside several U.S.-based contractors to reduce a three- or four-week turnaround process to just one week.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
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“All-nighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-nighter. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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