Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
around-the-clock .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective at all times
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Examples
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And then there is the relentless day-and-night news agenda, the morale-sapping personal scrutiny and the basic level of political debate in which, at Westminster, "calm down, dear" can be hailed as a side-splitting example of Commons repartee.
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I lost weight during the last few months of Dan's illness and my health showed signs of decline from neglect after three weeks of day-and-night home hospice leading up to his death.
Mercury Unbound - 6 J. Mykell Collinz 2011
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I thought about day-and-night rhythms of the body that I know nothing about, but I also wondered when the missile strike occurred, and what was he doing at that minute.
Marc Gopin: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Ravaging Our Young War Vets Marc Gopin 2010
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Gadhafi have cut off land access to Misrata, a city of about 500,000 people, and have reduced neighborhoods to rubble with day-and-night artillery and rocket fire.
U.K. to Send Officers to Advise Libyans Charles Levinson 2011
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In other words, it's not so much that babies are missing the "on" and "off" switch that adults have when it comes to day-and-night cycles.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Is Your Baby's Sleep Normal? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2011
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I thought about day-and-night rhythms of the body that I know nothing about, but I also wondered when the missile strike occurred, and what was he doing at that minute.
Marc Gopin: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Ravaging Our Young War Vets Marc Gopin 2010
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The 10 best day-game teams in baseball history, and the teams with the biggest differential between day-and-night success, have two things in common: first, they are generally very strong teams, with good pitching but dominant, veteran offenses—offenses that hit better during the day than at night.
Sun Shines, Yanks Win Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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In other words, it's not so much that babies are missing the "on" and "off" switch that adults have when it comes to day-and-night cycles.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Is Your Baby's Sleep Normal? Dr. Michael J. Breus 2011
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That email access gives the President a day-and-night communication line with "the people," without a pesky middleman - a reporter, or other watchdog - to analyze the message.
Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite: Has the Obama Organizing Machine Staged A Party Takeover? 2010
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That email access gives the President a day-and-night communication line with "the people," without a pesky middleman - a reporter, or other watchdog - to analyze the message.
Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite : Has the Obama Organizing Machine Staged A Party Takeover? 2010
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