as in around-the-clock
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Recent Examples of round-the-clock
Instead, the loved one who witnesses her final moments is Nikki, a flighty, TMI-prone theatre actress who has to grow up fast to take on the round-the-clock work of Molly’s care.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The need for round-the-clock power is shifting attention back to fossil fuels.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
At the sentencing, the child’s father, Tyler Coyle, said the boy underwent three life-saving brain surgeries, countless hours of therapy, needed round-the-clock care and needed a wheelchair or walker.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The company aims to provide round-the-clock, low-carbon energy production.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The need for round-the-clock power is shifting attention back to fossil fuels.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
At the sentencing, the child’s father, Tyler Coyle, said the boy underwent three life-saving brain surgeries, countless hours of therapy, needed round-the-clock care and needed a wheelchair or walker.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The company aims to provide round-the-clock, low-carbon energy production.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for round-the-clock
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Weather-dependent sources of electricity predictably prove to be a poor match for the around-the-clock energy needs of data centers, much less homes and businesses.—
Terry Jarrett,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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But with their mom no longer trusted to provide that and the shelter unable to offer around-the-clock care, the authorities sought help from outside.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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In 2014, the Economic Policy Institute found that the real hourly wages of residential building workers remained 4.2 percent below their 2009 levels — even though wages in the rest of the private sector had largely recovered.—
Marcela Valdes,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The report showed average hourly earnings climbed at a firm pace from the prior month, but decelerated on an annual basis to the slowest rate since July.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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In relatively lean times the budget lobbying grows even more intense — a cyclic phenomenon now playing out as politicians wrestle with multibillion-dollar shortfalls.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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In relatively lean times the budget lobbying grows even more intense — a cyclic phenomenon now playing out as politicians wrestle with multi-billion-dollar shortfalls.—
Dan Walters,
Orange County Register,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Round-the-clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/round-the-clock. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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