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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Lasting all day.

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Examples

  • In addition to the dozen who helped design the questionnaire, sixteen experts devoted several days to reading an initial draft of this book and discussing it in a day-long seminar in Cambridge in January 2010.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • In recent years an annual lock-in—a sleepover in the church—for youth has been canceled due to lack of interest, and when the clergy arranged for the parish to host a day-long antiracism conference taught by the diocese, only eight parishioners signed up.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • So many of us depend on our cars to get around -- but, in addition to guzzling gas, this habit allows us to be sedentary in our travel, starting a day-long trend of staying still.

    Why You Love Biking (In 140 Characters Or Less) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • The day-long conversation touched on the practical and the philosophical with a few ideas taking hold in the stairwell during coffee breaks and crowding the twitter hashtag #activatenyc.

    Matthew Palevsky: The Top 4 Ideas From the Guardian's Activate Summit in NYC Matthew Palevsky 2011

  • So many of us depend on our cars to get around -- but, in addition to guzzling gas, this habit allows us to be sedentary in our travel, starting a day-long trend of staying still.

    Why You Love Biking (In 140 Characters Or Less) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • I just returned from a day-long class held at the Camp Perry US Army Base near Sandusky, Ohio on Lake Erie.

    Test Your Reaction Time 2009

  • The day-long conversation touched on the practical and the philosophical with a few ideas taking hold in the stairwell during coffee breaks and crowding the twitter hashtag #activatenyc.

    Matthew Palevsky: The Top 4 Ideas From the Guardian's Activate Summit in NYC Matthew Palevsky 2011

  • The day-long conversation touched on the practical and the philosophical with a few ideas taking hold in the stairwell during coffee breaks and crowding the twitter hashtag #activatenyc.

    Matthew Palevsky: The Top 4 Ideas From the Guardian's Activate Summit in NYC Matthew Palevsky 2011

  • The day-long conversation touched on the practical and the philosophical with a few ideas taking hold in the stairwell during coffee breaks and crowding the twitter hashtag #activatenyc.

    Matthew Palevsky: The Top 4 Ideas From the Guardian's Activate Summit in NYC Matthew Palevsky 2011

  • I just returned from a day-long class held at the Camp Perry US Army Base near Sandusky, Ohio on Lake Erie.

    Test Your Reaction Time 2009

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