all hours

plural noun

: a very late time
stayed up until all hours

Examples of all hours in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Frustrated neighbors reported the group partying into all hours of the night. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024 Patients came at all hours to pick up medications, ask questions and get shots. USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024 Corrective Actions: Approved sanitizer solution shall be readily available during all hours of operation. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024 One reason is that nuclear plants can run at all hours, in any season. Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023 The Faroes are so far north that in July the sun only sets for an hour or two, and the locals traditionally stay out until all hours during summers (the festival’s evening-closing acts start their sets at around 3 a.m.). Ellise Shafer, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023 Ford also offered to boost its payments to 401(k) retirement accounts by making a 6.4 percent contribution of all hours worked, including overtime. Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023 Dogs will bark all hours of the night, chickens don’t. Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023 Regulators have ordered utilities to add 1,000 megawatts of electricity from clean sources that can run at all hours to backstop fluctuating wind and solar supplies. Brad Plumer, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all hours was in 1668

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Cite this Entry

“All hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20hours. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

all hours

noun plural
: a very late time
stayed up until all hours
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