as in often
many times
she checks her phone for messages hourly
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as in around-the-clock
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Recent Examples of hourly
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
By comparison, the five other leading websites for sexualized deepfakes averaged 79 new AI undressing images hourly during the same period.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
The San Antonio Police Officers’ Association is seeking a 9% across-the-board wage increase, to be spread out over three years, in addition to annual adjustments to hourly rates amounting to $10,400.
—Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Adverb
Real jobs pay hourly or a salary with documentation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
By comparison, the five other leading websites for sexualized deepfakes averaged 79 new AI undressing images hourly during the same period.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Two of them relied on average renewable production rather than hourly dispatch.
—Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
The San Antonio Police Officers’ Association is seeking a 9% across-the-board wage increase, to be spread out over three years, in addition to annual adjustments to hourly rates amounting to $10,400.
—Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hourly
Adverb
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Uninsured Americans, however, often must pay for prescription medications with their own money.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Investors often flock to gold when crises hit, inflation spikes or stocks slump as a way to preserve their money’s worth.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The alert system puts in place precautions including around-the-clock maintenance of the roadway and possible closure and detours around the Grapevine.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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This is roughly equivalent to a large conventional nuclear reactor which is capable of delivering reliable, around-the-clock power 24 hours a day.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Viewers voted to create teams for every major round of the competition, which meant the trainees were constantly reassembled into new lineups, with low-ranking contestants eliminated.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Education officials constantly press for more state spending, which is governed by complicated formulas in a 1988 ballot measure, Proposition 98.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Larry held his Cabinet meetings in the hospital while receiving round-the-clock chemotherapy treatment.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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Paul Weiss papered Apollo’s aggressive tactics in the world of distressed debt and added debt-financing experts in London and California to provide round-the-clock service.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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And in the late 1980s, after Little Saigon found official recognition, freeway and street signs directing people to the community were frequently defaced and destroyed in disapproval, Hua said.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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When this happens, visibilities frequently drop to one-quarter of a mile or less.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And a 2020 study nearly one in five people hospitalized in the United States between 2005 and 2014 for cyclical vomiting syndrome, a broader diagnosis that includes cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, reported using cannabis at the time.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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That’s reminder enough that censorship itself is cyclical.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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As strong as Dallas has been in its six-game win streak, the Stars have allowed opponents to climb back into games repeatedly in the third.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But availability remains a persistent question for Porzingis, who has been limited to 17 games this season, due in part to the chronic autonomic nervous system illness POTS, or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The freezing conditions can be dangerous for the homeless population, older adults, young children and those with chronic health conditions.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Hourly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hourly. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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