: a nonstop airplane flight
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Examples of nonstop in a Sentence
Adjective
the two sides took part in nonstop negotiations in an eleventh-hour attempt to avert a strike
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
Getting to Great Britain just got a little easier because next year British Airways is adding another nonstop flight between San Diego and London.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
Located in the heart of the beautiful Gallatin Valley, the airport provides nonstop flights to 22 cities in the United States with connections all over the world.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey talked about it virtually nonstop.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
These resorts offer awesome ocean views, nonstop family activities, and comfy rooms—all at a price that won't leave you feeling burned.
—Karen Cicero, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
Since then, Ceretti’s career has been met with nonstop success.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
Since then it’s been nonstop promo, including at collaborator Jack Antonoff’s wedding to actor Margaret Qualley last month.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
Visitors can eat, shop for souvenirs, pitch horseshoes or washers and enjoy nonstop music under two pavilions.
—Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
Even with no nonstops available, the airline automatically determines your layover and puts both flights on one reservation.
—Nerdwallet, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
From Fairbanks, Alaska Air offers between three and five nonstops each day year-round.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
The daily Anchorage-Denver nonstop ends on Sept. 4, as does the four-times-weekly nonstop between Anchorage and Minneapolis.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
While the drive from the Nice airport to Sanremo is about an hour (several carriers have nonstops out of NYC, some seasonal), there are many playgrounds on the French Riviera to snare travelers along the way.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 17 July 2023
Throughout the performance, Thile plays his mandolin nonstop with, and sometimes against, the orchestra.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
There are some pockets in August and September where fares are a little lower: Aug. 22-29 for $383 roundtrip nonstop on United and Sept. 1-8 for $406 roundtrip, also on United.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
At Orion, the sets are staggered so the music’s nonstop.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
This includes a new flight from JFK to Munich three times a week that will start on April 9, 2024, and a daily nonstop flight to Shannon, Ireland that will begin on May 23, 2024.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
Getting to Great Britain just got a little easier because next year British Airways is adding another nonstop flight between San Diego and London.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
Located in the heart of the beautiful Gallatin Valley, the airport provides nonstop flights to 22 cities in the United States with connections all over the world.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey talked about it virtually nonstop.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
These resorts offer awesome ocean views, nonstop family activities, and comfy rooms—all at a price that won't leave you feeling burned.
—Karen Cicero, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
Since then, Ceretti’s career has been met with nonstop success.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
Since then it’s been nonstop promo, including at collaborator Jack Antonoff’s wedding to actor Margaret Qualley last month.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
Visitors can eat, shop for souvenirs, pitch horseshoes or washers and enjoy nonstop music under two pavilions.
—Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
Noun
Nick Sylvester, an undergrad Lampoon staffer who also wrote about music for Pitchfork, had been playing their promo CD nonstop in the satirical magazine’s headquarters, a mock-Flemish castle near campus.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
Even with no nonstops available, the airline automatically determines your layover and puts both flights on one reservation.
—Nerdwallet, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
From Fairbanks, Alaska Air offers between three and five nonstops each day year-round.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
The daily Anchorage-Denver nonstop ends on Sept. 4, as does the four-times-weekly nonstop between Anchorage and Minneapolis.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
While the drive from the Nice airport to Sanremo is about an hour (several carriers have nonstops out of NYC, some seasonal), there are many playgrounds on the French Riviera to snare travelers along the way.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 17 July 2023
Throughout the performance, Thile plays his mandolin nonstop with, and sometimes against, the orchestra.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
There are some pockets in August and September where fares are a little lower: Aug. 22-29 for $383 roundtrip nonstop on United and Sept. 1-8 for $406 roundtrip, also on United.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
At Orion, the sets are staggered so the music’s nonstop.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2023
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nonstop
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non·stop
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: done, made, or held without a stop
a nonstop flight to Chicago
nonstop
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