hours

¹

/ aʊəz /

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 hours just after midnight

6. until very late

Hours

²

/ aʊəz /

plural noun

1. another word for the Horae

Example Sentences

DCWP’s investigation, which began in 2022, found that Starbucks had unlawfully reduced employees’ hours, denied them the opportunity to pick up additional shifts, and failed to give its employees regular schedules.

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But I didn’t have a job to go to, and after wallowing in my own sweat for what seemed like hours, I pulled Paul’s crumbled comedy class ticket out of my jacket pocket.

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The motorway was closed in both directions for nearly 10 hours for investigation work to be carried out.

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Strategy stock falls following a sharp decline in Bitcoin over 24 hours.

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The price of Bitcoin fell 8.3% over the past 24 hours through 11 a.m.

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