twenty-four-seven
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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"Males sing pretty much twenty-four-seven from fall through spring, so you know when they're there."
From Science Daily
“Twenty-four-seven, we have to be on call,” she said.
From New York Times
"The very same people that were involved in everything from the last three years... every conspiracy scam twenty-four-seven, every second, minute, hour of every day, they are back and they are not about to let a crisis go to waste," Hannity said.
From Fox News
“And we’ve been monitoring this thing twenty-four-seven for days.”
From The New Yorker
“Even though my wife and I can see her blood sugar on our Apple watches these days, it’s still a twenty-four-seven deal.”
From Time
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