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nightspots

noun

plural of nightspot

as in nightclubs

a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts) one of the city's few nightspots featuring a dance floor and a live band

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Recent Examples of nightspots For decades, nightspots have stretched across South Florida, offering entertainment, dancing, music and drinks. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 Few, if any, comparable nightspots that don’t own their own real estate have inked a deal that would guarantee them a home for decades going forward. — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025

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Now, to be clear, nightclubs like Basement have a longstanding subjective — and often nebulous — criteria for who gets in, and anyone dorky enough to show up to one wearing Meta glasses almost certainly wouldn’t make the cut anyway.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
During that era, South Florida hotels had fancy, elegant nightclubs.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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At the time her reporting published the clubs were flourishing.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Nationally, scores of universities have shut down or rebranded their diversity, equity and inclusion offices and ended scholarships and clubs designed for minority students under pressure from the White House.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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