around-the-clock
adjective
: being in effect, continuing, or lasting 24 hours a day : constant
around-the-clock surveillance
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Since 2021, about a quarter of its roughly 1,600 restaurants have not returned to those around-the-clock hours, so Denny’s eased up on the requirement for a franchise to do so.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Her father and stepmother had reorganized their lives in order to look after Franje, who required around-the-clock care.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The Vanderbilt hospital is the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center within 150 miles, the top designation verified by the American College of Surgeons for around-the-clock specialists, a high volume of trauma cases, robust research and quality patient care.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
But the president’s crackdown, which has seen one immigrant fatally shot by a federal agent, has sparked nearly around-the-clock protest at the facility located about 12 miles west of the Willis Tower.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Her father and stepmother had reorganized their lives in order to look after Franje, who required around-the-clock care.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The Vanderbilt hospital is the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center within 150 miles, the top designation verified by the American College of Surgeons for around-the-clock specialists, a high volume of trauma cases, robust research and quality patient care.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
But the president’s crackdown, which has seen one immigrant fatally shot by a federal agent, has sparked nearly around-the-clock protest at the facility located about 12 miles west of the Willis Tower.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Around-the-clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/around-the-clock. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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