off-hour
noun
1
: a period of time other than a rush hour
2
: a period of time other than regular business hours
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After a long day at work, making a meal from scratch might not seem like the most appealing way to spend your precious off-hours.
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 13 Dec. 2024
Addressing Off-Hours Fire Detection Detecting fires during off-hours remains one of the greatest challenges.
—Kevin Gu, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Implementing practices and policies on overall well-being within the work environment is one thing; influencing healthy sleep hygiene, which occurs off-hours and off-site, is another.
—Dr. Terrie Hope, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
As part of an array of excursion offerings, adventurous guests get a reprieve from endless doom-scrolling and off-hours work messages on a secluded private island all their own.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 13 Dec. 2024
Addressing Off-Hours Fire Detection Detecting fires during off-hours remains one of the greatest challenges.
—Kevin Gu, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Implementing practices and policies on overall well-being within the work environment is one thing; influencing healthy sleep hygiene, which occurs off-hours and off-site, is another.
—Dr. Terrie Hope, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
As part of an array of excursion offerings, adventurous guests get a reprieve from endless doom-scrolling and off-hours work messages on a secluded private island all their own.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Off-hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-hour. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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