Hours

/ aʊəz /

plural noun

hours

/ aʊəz /

a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours )
an indefinite period of time
Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church)canonical hours
1. the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine office
2. the prayers recited at these times
the small hours
the hours just after midnight
till all hours
until very late

Is it sort of evidence of the Gladwellian 10,000 hours theory?

Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.

He flew with Captain Irianto, 53, who had 20,000 hours experience, more than 6,000 hours on the A320.

The copilot on Flight 8501 was Remi Emmanuel Piesel, 46, who despite his age had just 2,275 hours of flying experience.

In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.

It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.

The place was well defended by earthworks and natural parapets, and for several hours the issue of the contest was doubtful.

It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.

The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.

To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.

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