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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as hours" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to compare something to a duration of time, but without additional context, it is unclear how to use it appropriately.
Example: "The meeting felt as hours dragged on."
Alternatives: "like hours" or "as if hours".
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As hours have stalled, so has weekly wage growth.
We measured involvement with one's land as hours per week operating or working one's land.
As hours are reduced, some of the profits of businesses can be effectively transferred to workers.
On other measures such as hours of sunshine and maximum mean temperatures, Jersey performs marginally better.
But as hours passed, the distinction between them often seemed to blur.
She began fearing the worst, as hours ticked by and she heard nothing from him.
Navy commanders paced outside the cave's mouth as hours dragged by without word from the team.
The main subject here is scale itself; height, volume and quantity as well as hours of human labor.
If I have to press digital buttons to set the heating time, will it interpret them as hours?
Cold and thirsty, as hours passed they improvised ponchos from bin liners and collected rainwater from the oak tree's leaves.
Exchanges between streams and hyporheic zones, for example, have been estimated to be as short as hours to as long as several weeks.
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