Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective proceeding without interruption for twenty four hours every day.
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- adjective All
day andnight ; all of the time.
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- adjective at all times
- adverb without stopping
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Examples
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Hiring private security would be very expensive, Kendall says: "A couple hundred dollars an hour, around-the-clock guards and their housing — you can imagine what it would look like after a month."
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Hiring private security would be very expensive, Kendall says: "A couple hundred dollars an hour, around-the-clock guards and their housing — you can imagine what it would look like after a month."
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We've seen patients come for kidney transplants who ended up with renal failure because of daily around-the-clock use of naproxen.
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Osama bin Laden: On one of the most competitive breaking news stories of the year, The Huffington Post's national news team provided around-the-clock coverage pegged to up-to-the-minute live blogging, informative features, and wide-ranging analysis about the capture and killing of bin Laden.
Arianna Huffington: HuffPost + AOL: The First Year in Numbers Arianna Huffington 2012
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He trained legions of other doctors, nurses and health care professionals in the around-the-clock monitoring of a patient's vital signs, saving an exponential number of lives.
Dr. Max Harry Weil, pioneer in critical care medicine and CPR, dies at 84 2011
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We've seen patients come for kidney transplants who ended up with renal failure because of daily around-the-clock use of naproxen.
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But around-the-clock media attention—and higher expectations among wealthier residents— has intensified the anxiety and led to more criticism of the government's handling of the crisis.
Bangkok's Old-Timers Recall Even Worse Deluges Patrick Barta 2011
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It's been around-the-clock brown on stylish television series like "Mad Men" and "Boardwalk Empire."
Brown Magic Steve Garbarino 2011
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After days of around-the-clock network coverage, they gave a meditative pace to an adrenalized story.
Cameras Defining the Chaos and Its Aftermath Richard B. Woodward 2011
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Osama bin Laden: On one of the most competitive breaking news stories of the year, The Huffington Post's national news team provided around-the-clock coverage pegged to up-to-the-minute live blogging, informative features, and wide-ranging analysis about the capture and killing of bin Laden.
Arianna Huffington: HuffPost + AOL: The First Year in Numbers Arianna Huffington 2012
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