waking hour/moment

noun

: the time that a person is awake

I spent every waking hour/moment thinking about how to fix the problem.

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This is a man who has dedicated six and a half years of his life, just about every waking moment, to dragging his club to the top of the mountain. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 23 May 2026 America faces a mental health emergency hiding in plain sight—in our pockets, purses, and hands throughout nearly every waking hour. — Jean Case, Time, 14 May 2026 Every waking moment of his adult life had been spent building Apple— long days, longer nights. — Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026 Listening to it is like being stuck in an uneasy dream state, and Oklou, to her credit, never offers a big, cathartic, waking moment. — Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 26 Apr. 2026 The company, which operates both the QVC and HSN networks, feels in some ways like a relic of the near past—a time when average Americans didn’t carry a portal to unfathomable abundance in their pocket at every waking moment. — Amanda Mull, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026 From George Orwell’s 1984 to Jim Carrey in The Truman Show, people spent decades grimly envisioning a dystopian world where our every waking moment is being watched. — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2026 Instead, San Diego has elected leaders who spend every waking moment catering to special interests to pay for their next election. — Hal Valderhaug, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026

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