as in continuous
going on and on without any interruptions
the two sides took part in nonstop negotiations in an eleventh-hour attempt to avert a strike
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Recent Examples of nonstop
Most popular hotels fully lean into the casino energy, with late nights, restaurants, nightlife, and nonstop action.
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Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
The Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater and Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden will rock virtually nonstop.
—Michael Deeds
updated May 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2026
Allegiant Air is expanding service with four new nonstop routes out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport starting in the fall.
—Carla Mendez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
This continues a trend of MCI providing additional nonstop flights from its airport.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
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Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
The Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater and Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden will rock virtually nonstop.
—Michael Deeds
updated May 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2026
Allegiant Air is expanding service with four new nonstop routes out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport starting in the fall.
—Carla Mendez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
This continues a trend of MCI providing additional nonstop flights from its airport.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonstop
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State health departments will continue to conduct daily symptom monitoring, as well as 24/7 continuous oversight of each person, and provide guidance through the remainder of the 42-day monitoring period, which will end June 21.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Each boasts a spacious open floor plan commingling indoors and outdoors over a single, continuous space.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The department went on to say that there's continual ongoing evaluations of the system's performance, though there aren't specific reporting requirements, nor are there audits.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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How hospital facility dog programs work Although no one tracks the number of facility dogs in children’s hospitals, Rodriguez points to the continual growth of the annual Facility Dog Summit, where handlers and other participants network and where attendance nearly doubled from 2024 to 2025.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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Supporters of the project argue that maintaining that advantage will require continued investment in specialized facilities, which are often too expensive for individual organizations to build on their own.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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The agreement is expected to extend the current shaky ceasefire that has been in place since early April, though both sides have accused the other of breaching it with continued strikes.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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What LeVert couldn’t solve, however, was the Pistons’ incessant fouling.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Negotiations, compromise, limited strikes, sanctions, temporary deals—none of them stopped, or could stop, Iran’s drive for nuclear-weapons capacity, its incessant efforts to subvert neighbors, or its attempts to destroy the state of Israel.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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Officials said overnight enforcement will focus on common and continuing offenses such as commercial vehicles parked in residential areas and permit violations.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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State of the labor market Initial weekly unemployment insurance claims have held in a fairly steady range around 220,000, though continuing claims earlier in November had hit their highest level in about three years.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
5 Dec. 2024
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For the mission, Blue origin's lander would carry NASA equipment while targeting a landing on the Shackleton Connecting Ridge – a region in the lunar south pole that can receive solar power from the sunlight and have uninterrupted communications with Earth, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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People walked past me, heads down, conversations uninterrupted.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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“Nonstop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstop. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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