long hours

plural noun

: many hours at a time
She is used to working long hours.

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Back and leg pain were common complaints, which workers attributed to long hours at sewing machines. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026 The robust menu aims to satiate hungry tourists who’ve spent long hours pounding the black sampietrini cobblestones of the vast open-air museum that is the Eternal City. — Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 At a company with an intense work culture, where working long hours—often past dinnertime into the night—is common, the friction emails can create unwelcome fire drills. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 The Galaxy Book6 sports a massive 16-inch LED touchscreen display with a 1200p (Full HD+) resolution that’ll make long hours in front of it fly by. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for long hours

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“Long hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20hours. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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