round-the-clock

adjective

ˈrau̇n(d)-ṯẖə-ˈkläk 

: around-the-clock

Examples of round-the-clock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The mix-up came amid the network’s round-the-clock coverage following Parton’s death from a brief battle with cancer on Tuesday. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

The Dutch police assigned round-the-clock bodyguards to protect Tahmasbi and began shuttling him through a series of safe houses. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

The effects would be especially disruptive in Antarctica, where observatories take advantage of the continent’s remote, dry conditions and the round-the-clock darkness of polar winter to study subtle signals such as the cosmic microwave background. — Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

The carbon footprint was calculated using a range of usage from an industry average of 60% to 100% for round-the-clock deployment, and a gas burn rate of a typical single-cycle gas generator. — Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for round-the-clock

• aftershock
• antiknock
• arawak
• hollyhock
• interlock
• manioc
• shuttlecock
• tomahawk
• weathercock
• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock