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
Owen Clarke, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
Fresh food comes in daily, sometimes hourly, to keep shelves stocked at the Denton Freedom House food pantry.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Those who are willing to pay the hourly parking now simply rush from their car to the one destination that their meter affords them time to visit.
—Brad Taylor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Adverb
These seasonal park employees are largely paid hourly and hold blue-collar roles, such as janitors, trail workers, electricians, painters, and mechanics.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
Fresh food comes in daily, sometimes hourly, to keep shelves stocked at the Denton Freedom House food pantry.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Rebuilding the Rock to modern passenger-train standards — 110 to 135 mph, hourly service, frequent passing tracks, grade-crossing enhancements, and new stations and platforms — would probably will cost more than $1 billion.
—F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Those who are willing to pay the hourly parking now simply rush from their car to the one destination that their meter affords them time to visit.
—Brad Taylor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hourly
Adverb
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Nigerian security forces have deployed tactical teams in search of the kidnappers, believed to be among the rogue gangs who often carry out kidnappings for ransoms in remote communities with limited state and security presence.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Poets & Writers has a detailed directory of agents and the magazine often publishes profiles of agents as well as advice from them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Welcome to Day 3 of the Miami Herald’s live blog chronicling around-the-clock updates on University of Miami football.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Hassan Shafeeu, our Essentialist (Patina’s answer to private butlers), is available around-the-clock via WhatsApp to arrange dinner reservations, drop off snorkeling kits, and share the best spots for baby shark sightings.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The Cross-Functional Peer This person is someone at your same professional level but in a department that your team works with constantly.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lobotka is constantly processing.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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My 65-year-old brother who shared the house with her has cerebral palsy and required round-the-clock care.—
Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2026
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While Telemundo found success with La Casa de los Famosos, placing celebrities under constant surveillance, Univision now raises the stakes with its own round-the-clock total immersion experience that tests relationships under pressure.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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With several teams in qualification places on goal difference alone as things stand, prepare for the league table to be changing as frequently as an airport departures board throughout the 90 minutes.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE that focuses on cross-border crimes, frequently sends its officers to overseas events like the Olympics to assist with security.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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As data center revenue starts to dominate sales, hyperscale ASIC initiatives transition into sustained volume, and customer diversification diminishes earnings variability, Marvell begins to resemble less of a cyclical component supplier and more of a structural AI infrastructure platform.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Based on his 2020 short film, Meeks draws from his personal ties to Ohio to upbraid our preconceptions about the cyclical nature of addiction and recovery.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Trump's second term has seen the president double down on his ambition to acquire the minerals-rich island -- despite Danish and Greenlandic politicians repeatedly rebuffing him.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Trump repeatedly pushed the deadline back via executive action.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This is a generational response to a workplace environment and sociopolitical climate where chronic stress has become baseline and where terms like quiet cracking—persistent disengagement without resignation—have entered the HR lexicon.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The combination of higher mortgage rates, years of skyrocketing home prices and a chronic shortage of homes nationally following more than a decade of below-average home construction have left many aspiring homeowners priced out of the market.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Hourly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hourly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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