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hour

[ouuhr, ou-er] / aʊər, ˈaʊ ər /






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The temperature in the datacentre hit 36.2C less than an hour later.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Tuesday night’s showdown with Ecuador was delayed by an hour because of lightning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

BloombergNEF estimates that an engine-based system for an off-grid data center costs about $103 per megawatt hour over a 30-year span.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Cheaper chicken is little consolation to David Manhire, who owns Summer Daze Catering in Basking Ridge, N.J., about an hour outside New York City.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

All the puppy books say to take your puppy out every hour when housebreaking.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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