hour-long
adjective
variants
or less commonly hourlong
: lasting an hour
an hour-long commute
hour-long television shows
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Didn’t every student at Oberlin College regularly make the hour-long drive from rural Ohio to downtown Cleveland just to pick up a few cannoli at Corbo’s Bakery?
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Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
Exotic contract clauses, how much agents get paid and whether tapping up is now tolerated also feature amid a wide range of topics discussed in the hour-long episode.
—Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
On Thursday, one of Dior couture’s most robust collections went under the gavel in a three-hour-long auction at Le Bristol Hotel in Paris.
—Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
Hulu has landed the rights to the novel to adapt into an hour-long drama series.
—Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
Exotic contract clauses, how much agents get paid and whether tapping up is now tolerated also feature amid a wide range of topics discussed in the hour-long episode.
—Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
On Thursday, one of Dior couture’s most robust collections went under the gavel in a three-hour-long auction at Le Bristol Hotel in Paris.
—Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
Hulu has landed the rights to the novel to adapt into an hour-long drama series.
—Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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