business hours
noun
: the hours that the office is open to do business
Someone will be available to answer your call during regular business hours.
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All public libraries serve as warming shelters during business hours.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Disney and Paramount did not provide comments when asked outside normal business hours.
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Sendik's Food Market opens during regular business hours, a representative confirmed to the Journal Sentinel.
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Block didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment sent to its press email outside normal business hours.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Disney and Paramount did not provide comments when asked outside normal business hours.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
Sendik's Food Market opens during regular business hours, a representative confirmed to the Journal Sentinel.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Block didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment sent to its press email outside normal business hours.
—Natasha Mascarenhas, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Business hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20hours. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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