as in constantly
many times
she checks her phone for messages hourly
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Recent Examples of hourly
Ani Freedman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
Workers are paid hourly, so faster line speeds allow the company to process the same amount of meat at a lower cost.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
The unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%, as expected, while average hourly earnings slightly exceeded forecasts.
—Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2024
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Voters will decide in November whether to increase the rate gradually to $18 an hour by 2026, which would be the highest statewide minimum wage in the U.S. Fast food workers in California now have to be paid at least $20 hourly under a law Newsom signed last year.
—Ani Freedman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
Workers are paid hourly, so faster line speeds allow the company to process the same amount of meat at a lower cost.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
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Since January 2021, however, prices are up by 20.2 percent, according to The Hill’s calculations, while the Labor Department data show hourly wages up 18.5 percent during that period.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
The unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%, as expected, while average hourly earnings slightly exceeded forecasts.
—Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2024
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Here’s who reimagined the character as a clever but underestimated woman Sept. 5, 2024 Bates has particularly relished the opportunity to play the double life of her character, who is constantly three steps ahead of those around her.Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Since processes are constantly evolving, automation needs to be agile enough to keep up with those changes.Alessio Alionco, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Their arc often follows a common trajectory, from abusing prescription painkillers to heroin to fentanyl.Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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While certain products can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Dec. 2024
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Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Building and launching rockets into space can require around-the-clock attention.Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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What To Know The report stated that the two previously unknown trips by Thomas took place in 2021 and were provided by Harlan Crow, a Texas real estate magnate who frequently patronizes Thomas.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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For example, at The Farm—the CIA’s famed training facility in Virginia—trainees are frequently paired with instructors from markedly different backgrounds and tasked with forming authentic connections.Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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In addition to the severing of Matsu’s internet cable, Chinese sand dredgers surrounded the islands in 2021, forcing the Taiwanese Coast Guard to run round-the-clock patrols.Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
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Not only that, but William gets a lot of his costs paid for by the taxpayer—including round-the-clock protection by armed police officers.Jack Royston, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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The 15-year-old had been receiving therapy over her troubled home life as her parents repeatedly divorced and remarried, court documents first obtained by the Washington Post show.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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The pair struggled repeatedly when pressed by more energetic young opponents, but Guardiola felt unable or unwilling to try an alternative.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Also known as the cyclic ketogenic diet, this dietary pan involves switching between a keto diet and a higher-carb diet.Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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This revelation constrains modern understanding of the Pleistocene sea level fluctuations during an epoch of lower carbon dioxide concentrations, the cyclic glaciation and deglaciation periods, ecosystem recovery, and the transition between warming and cooling periods.Carly Miller, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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This is what continually impresses me, as my family and I meet with, and listen to, those who dedicate their lives to helping others.Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Amniotic fluid helps cushion the baby and is something the baby actually continually replenishes in a process that is similar to urination, explains Dr. Grace Johnson, a maternal fetal medicine doctor at Texas Children's Hospital in Austin.Nicole Villalpando, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Hourly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hourly. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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