: a nonstop airplane flight
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Adjective
the two sides took part in nonstop negotiations in an eleventh-hour attempt to avert a strike
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Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
By 1908 roughly 8,000 nickelodeons—five‑cent storefront theaters—ran nonstop shows.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Qantas operated the longest-ever Boeing 787 flight, a nonstop from Perth, Australia, to Los Angeles, as a one-off charter for the WWE Smackdown.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
A feeling of nonstop inspiration led to Eusexua Afterglow, her new LP and an extension of a musical era that’s won her a Mercury Prize nod, a Grammy nomination, and tons of new fans finally catching up to her inventive, otherworldly vision.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
By 1908 roughly 8,000 nickelodeons—five‑cent storefront theaters—ran nonstop shows.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
While three of Alaska’s new nonstops are served by other airlines at San Diego International Airport, Tulsa and Santa Barbara are not, said airport spokesperson Nicole Hall.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Qantas operated the longest-ever Boeing 787 flight, a nonstop from Perth, Australia, to Los Angeles, as a one-off charter for the WWE Smackdown.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Nonstop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonstop. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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