nonstop

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adjective

non·​stop ˌnän-ˈstäp How to pronounce nonstop (audio)
: done, made, or held without a stop : not easing or letting up
nonstop adverb

nonstop

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noun

: a nonstop airplane flight

Examples of nonstop in a Sentence

Adjective the two sides took part in nonstop negotiations in an eleventh-hour attempt to avert a strike
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Adjective
The first quarter saw the company’s largest drop in sales after virtually nonstop double-digit sales growth. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025 At 22 years old, the popular Twitch streamer is tapped into the next generation of listeners, who engage with new music via nonstop feeds of clips and snippets. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
And Delta launches a nonstop to its Seattle hub from the close-in airport on March 9. Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025 For now, however, Delta has a nonstop flight in both the morning and as a redeye, and Allegiant offers two weekly nonstops between CVG and LAX in the spring and summer. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonstop

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1900, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonstop was in 1900

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“Nonstop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonstop. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

nonstop

adjective
non·​stop
ˈnän-ˈstäp
: done, made, or held without a stop
a nonstop flight to Chicago
nonstop adverb

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