Synonyms
Examples of hourly in a Sentence
Adverb
she checks her phone for messages hourly
Recent Examples on the Web
Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs about 300,000 people, mostly hourly.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2024
Tipped workers are paid $8.40 hourly, and minors working less than 650 hours a year are paid $12.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
In particular, the platform allows companies to schedule hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly salary payments.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
Google and other tech companies including Microsoft are trying to overcome that problem by committing to purchasing carbon-free energy locally, hourly.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 Feb. 2024
To that end, large fabs can use as much as 100 megawatt-hours of power hourly, more than what oil refineries or automotive plants consume, according to energy management provider Schneider Electric.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
With just days to the Iowa caucuses, the front-runner is getting a bit nervous and trashing his top rivals hourly.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
Kahn said all union members currently receive health insurance and earn about $26 hourly, including benefits.
—Rio Yamat, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2024
Small-business owners brace for uncertainty as $20 hourly fast-food wage takes effect.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
They don’t typically get paid a salary or hourly wage.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
In the same span, hourly wages grew by 0.9% for the highest earners, from $57.30 to $57.84.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
In the twelve months before the report was issued, hourly wages rose by 4.1 per cent–—the lowest figure since June, 2021, and another indication that inflation is contained.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
April 8, 2024 Two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the hourly artillery duels, airstrikes and pitched fighting in the country’s east and south have turned the more than 600-mile front line into a scarred frontier.
—Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
From February to March, though, hourly pay did rise 0.3% after increasing 0.2% the month before.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
That’s up from 53.2% the previous year and means women at the unit earn about half what men earn when comparing their average hourly pay.
—Tom Metcalf, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
Adverb
Indiana lawmakers voted to give more money to families caring for children with medically complex conditions who previously relied on a program allowing them to be paid hourly as attendant caregivers.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs about 300,000 people, mostly hourly.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2024
Tipped workers are paid $8.40 hourly, and minors working less than 650 hours a year are paid $12.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
In particular, the platform allows companies to schedule hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly salary payments.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
Google and other tech companies including Microsoft are trying to overcome that problem by committing to purchasing carbon-free energy locally, hourly.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 Feb. 2024
To that end, large fabs can use as much as 100 megawatt-hours of power hourly, more than what oil refineries or automotive plants consume, according to energy management provider Schneider Electric.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
With just days to the Iowa caucuses, the front-runner is getting a bit nervous and trashing his top rivals hourly.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
Kahn said all union members currently receive health insurance and earn about $26 hourly, including benefits.
—Rio Yamat, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
Adjective
Each store hires a minimum 175 full-time employees with hourly pay from $18 to $22, depending on the region.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2024
Small-business owners brace for uncertainty as $20 hourly fast-food wage takes effect.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
They don’t typically get paid a salary or hourly wage.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
In the same span, hourly wages grew by 0.9% for the highest earners, from $57.30 to $57.84.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
In the twelve months before the report was issued, hourly wages rose by 4.1 per cent–—the lowest figure since June, 2021, and another indication that inflation is contained.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
April 8, 2024 Two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the hourly artillery duels, airstrikes and pitched fighting in the country’s east and south have turned the more than 600-mile front line into a scarred frontier.
—Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
From February to March, though, hourly pay did rise 0.3% after increasing 0.2% the month before.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
That’s up from 53.2% the previous year and means women at the unit earn about half what men earn when comparing their average hourly pay.
—Tom Metcalf, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Hourly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hourly. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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