Examples of round-the-clock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Food and Drink This being a boutique inn and not a sprawling resort with a celebrity chef partnership, say, the food offerings are tightly edited, so if endless buffets and round-the-clock room service are your vacation non-negotiables, this isn’t the stay for you. Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2024 Al Jazeera is back, reliving its glory days through round-the-clock coverage of the horrors there, even as its journalists have been killed in action by Israeli forces. Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024 Today, Japan’s armed forces provide round-the-clock reinforcement to U.S. military aircraft, ships, and personnel in the region. Tomohiko Taniguchi, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024 Players have round-the-clock access to first-class training facilities with their schools. Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024 This was a nocturnal ritual for the 22-year-old, dressed in a ball cap and a wool overshirt, whose perch — just over 300 yards up a rocky incline from the United States-Mexico border wall — had become a round-the-clock boarding space for people who had crossed unlawfully onto American soil. Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 The area was a beehive of activity on a round-the-clock schedule. Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024 Norden said that the facility offers a robust slate of activities, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapy, and round-the-clock nursing care. Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024 Russia’s war machine is already quadrupling weapons production in round-the-clock operations. Lara Jakes, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of round-the-clock was in 1907

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“Round-the-clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round-the-clock. Accessed 4 May. 2024.

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