on end

Idioms  

1. Continuously, without interruption, as in It's been raining for days on end. This term, which might just as well be put “seemingly without end,” dates from about 1300.

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Example Sentences

A highly capitalized A.I. startup that bails on one of its most prominent creations and largest corporate deals so soon after hyping them up for months on end is not in a good position as a business—especially at a moment when it plans to pursue an initial public offering, and thus expose itself to more financial scrutiny.

From Slate

Widespread damage could keep energy prices high for months on end, regardless of whether Hormuz is reopened to traffic.

From MarketWatch

What began as a way to autocomplete code quickly evolved into semiautonomous AI bots, or “agents,” that can work for hours on end with little human oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If it's a very high level, and it stays high for months on end, then at some point it bleeds through, because oil is an input into so many products," he said.

From Barron's

My adult physical life has been a mixed bag of hyper-athletic hot yoga, long country runs and hunching over my computer for days on end.

From The Wall Street Journal

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