waking hours
Americanplural noun
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waking hour
singular
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In her waking hours, Elle is the movie star of a “Barbarella”–like space adventure about an all-female crew who zips through a wormhole and crash lands on a crystalline planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Fluid runs along tiny channels beside the brain's blood vessels, washing away the waste products that accumulate during waking hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Working, after all, is how a majority of people must spend most of their waking hours, and toiling away in an industry or at a position you find grating will undoubtedly make you miserable.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Since many of our waking hours are spent on the job, Ms. Vanderkam also focuses on deriving more satisfaction from work to avoid “wishing time away.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
It was to be the room in which this boy was to spend most of his waking hours for the next three years.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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