variants or less commonly hourlong
: lasting an hour
an hour-long commute
hour-long television shows

Examples of hour-long in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Elsewhere in the hour-long interview, Nikita revealed that over 350 people are working on Tarkov in one way or another, confirming that Battlestate Games is, by now, a very large studio. Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 The hour-long interview offered a window into Trump’s emotional life, if only for a moment. Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024 Hosted by Christy Sports and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, the event includes an hour-long high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout, plus gear tuning, music, mingling and refreshments — all for free. Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2024 The hour-long interview, the longest sit-down Harris has done since becoming the surprise, 11th-hour Democratic candidate following President Biden’s unprecedented decision to step down from running for a second term back in July, touched on a number of salient political topics as well. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hour-long 

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Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hour-long was in 1803

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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.

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