rush hour
noun
: a period of the day when the demands especially of traffic or business are at a peak
Examples of rush hour in a Sentence
We got caught in the morning rush hour.
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Commuters in New York and Connecticut were experiencing heavy delays Friday after a Thursday evening outage hampered Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad service through Connecticut, and sources said delays or cancellation would likely extend into the p.m. rush hour.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
As the afternoon rush hour approached, the Florida Department of Transportation said drivers should avoid the MacArthur Causeway connecting Miami Beach to Miami due to flooding on the ramps.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
This peak time service could earn income, but only at those peak times like rush hour or holiday crush–when a lot of people want to use their cars.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Managing these attacks required a degree of foresight, a mental map of the neighborhood, even a sense of a human week’s rhythm—understanding, for instance, the difference between weekday rush hours and weekend lulls.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
As the afternoon rush hour approached, the Florida Department of Transportation said drivers should avoid the MacArthur Causeway connecting Miami Beach to Miami due to flooding on the ramps.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
This peak time service could earn income, but only at those peak times like rush hour or holiday crush–when a lot of people want to use their cars.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Managing these attacks required a degree of foresight, a mental map of the neighborhood, even a sense of a human week’s rhythm—understanding, for instance, the difference between weekday rush hours and weekend lulls.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
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“Rush hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rush%20hour. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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