idle hours
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The last argument for renting is that you pay only for the hours you use, and those idle hours are disappearing as more of the work runs through AI.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
During idle hours in Vienna, State Department officials would debate who would portray top negotiators in a movie version of the Iran deal.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2018
Now some schoolchildren are spending more time at the soccer field or the skating rink while parents are kept anxiously waiting and trying to fill those idle hours.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2018
As a medical officer in the hospital closest to the Jarawa reserve, she spends long strings of idle hours with their families.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2016
There are no idle hours at St. Emilion.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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