Nonstop

Definitions

1. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
2. A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.
3. A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.

Equivalents

Examples

“With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip⟳, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches.”

“[In Hungary:] Most department stores and gift shops are open⟳ weekdays 10–5 or 6, Saturday until 1. Grocery stores are generally open⟳ weekdays from 7 or 8 am to 7 pm; “nonstops,” or éjjeli-nappali,^([sic]) are open⟳ 24 hours.”

“There's usually something open⟳ on most holidays apart from the evening of 24 December when even the nonstops stop⟳.”

“The Prague discos were bursting with bright leggings and bangles, and headbands and Rock-and-Troll leather dominated the Slayer inundated underground nonstops—Central Europe was where the West had shipped the eighties shit surpless when they were through with it.”

“Some of these consonants are stops, some are non-stops (continuants, see⟳ 11.2); some are voiced, others voiceless. It doesn't therefore look⟳ as if these consonants can have⟳ anything in common.”

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