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Hours

1

/ ʊə /

plural noun

  1. another word for the Horae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


hours

2

/ ʊə /

plural noun

  1. a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
  2. one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours )
  3. an indefinite period of time
  4. Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church)canonical hours
    1. the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine office
    2. the prayers recited at these times
  5. the small hours
    the hours just after midnight
  6. till all hours
    until very late
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Training as a sushi chef is notoriously rigorous, usually with long work hours and minimal work-life balance.

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Provided Doncic recovers from whatever made him vomit over and over in the hours leading up to the Game 3, the Lakers have two of the best players in the league in him and James.

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The 24 hours that followed were a whirlwind.

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She started a petition asking for the policies to be re-evaluated, which surpassed 500 signatures in 24 hours.

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The team logged 1,400 hours of observation across the two species, focusing on how individuals reacted to a group member who had experienced distress, such as a fight.

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