hour-long
adjective
variants
or less commonly hourlong
: lasting an hour
an hour-long commute
hour-long television shows
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Bagel takes up about ten minutes of the hour-long special.
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The hour-long special will feature moments that didn’t make it into the first, 90-minute special, including more clips and outtakes from the series and unaired interviews with writers, producers and guest stars.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025
Your work is synonymous with these hour-long one-take sequences.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025
The hour-long special showed Meghan crafting with tennis champion Naomi Osaka, cooking gumbo for chef and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio and having a festive brunch with her longtime friends Kelly McKee Zajfen and author-producer Lindsay Jill Roth.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The hour-long special will feature moments that didn’t make it into the first, 90-minute special, including more clips and outtakes from the series and unaired interviews with writers, producers and guest stars.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025
Your work is synonymous with these hour-long one-take sequences.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025
The hour-long special showed Meghan crafting with tennis champion Naomi Osaka, cooking gumbo for chef and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio and having a festive brunch with her longtime friends Kelly McKee Zajfen and author-producer Lindsay Jill Roth.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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