hour-long
adjective
variants
or less commonly hourlong
: lasting an hour
an hour-long commute
hour-long television shows
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SpaceX’s Starship megarocket completed an hour-long test flight Monday before making a fiery splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Over the course of an hour-long interview, the two spoke about the state of the world and how to stay optimistic amid political strife and chaos.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
As part of the hour-long discussion, Martin also spoke candidly about several low points in his career, including after his book The Armageddon Rag didn’t sell, and how The Twilight Zone and screenwriting pulled him out of it.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Earle-Sears, who has been lagging in polling, immediately began a one-hour-long fusillade on Spanberger once the debate started.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Over the course of an hour-long interview, the two spoke about the state of the world and how to stay optimistic amid political strife and chaos.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
As part of the hour-long discussion, Martin also spoke candidly about several low points in his career, including after his book The Armageddon Rag didn’t sell, and how The Twilight Zone and screenwriting pulled him out of it.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Earle-Sears, who has been lagging in polling, immediately began a one-hour-long fusillade on Spanberger once the debate started.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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