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hours
1/ ʊə /
plural noun
a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours )
an indefinite period of time
Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): canonical hours.
the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine office
the prayers recited at these times
the hours just after midnight
until very late
Hours
2/ ʊə /
plural noun
another word for the Horae
Example Sentences
The strikes lasted more than nine hours – sending Kyiv residents fleeing to underground shelters from before midnight until after sunrise.
Charles Schwab Field remained in a weather delay for nearly three hours until the announcement was made to suspend the game until Tuesday morning.
That came hours after Israel targeted Iran's state broadcaster, forcing a presenter to flee mid-broadcast.
Roughly four hours before first pitch Monday night, Shohei Ohtani sat at his locker in the Dodger Stadium clubhouse and prepared for his biggest game of the season.
Higuera’s family drove her to the airport in Tijuana, where she took a flight to Mexico City and then drove five hours to Guerrero state, where she plans on retiring.
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