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hour

noun as in convenience

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Even in our southern areas, the snow will not last that long, tapering off in the predawn hours Friday and mostly over by sunrise.

Even an hour after Capitol barricades were breached — something that played widely on cable news — we have no real evidence he was truly “horrified,” and plenty that he wasn’t.

The best heated vests will have batteries that are easy and quick to recharge, heat the vest quickly upon wearing, and offer many hours of warmth and comfort between charges.

Martin likes to compare the challenge that RapidSOS is setting out to tackle to that of an hour glass.

If your pet is an Afghan hound or a St Bernard, you should not expect it to be interested in spending hours fetching toys for you.

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

An hour later, he scored a second flight to Johannesburg for $380.

He was released within the hour without a bond on his own recognizance.

The child almost died from the delay of an hour in seeking help.

Her phone rings at least once an hour with questions from journalists, which she answers in Arabic, English, and sometimes French.

The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.

The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.

Words are often everywhere as the minute-hands of the soul, more important than even the hour-hands of action.

After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.

It was the darkest hour of twilight, when there was just enough of gleam from the lurid sky, to shew the outline of objects.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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