business hours

noun

: the hours that the office is open to do business

Someone will be available to answer your call during regular business hours.

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Newsweek reached out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, the Rwanda Defense Force, and the Ministry of Defense of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for comment via email outside of business hours. —

Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 Apple and SpaceX did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment outside regular business hours. —

Ojasvi Gupta and Shubham Kalia, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025 Officials later posted on X that its Linda Vista locations would remain closed Tuesday and reopen for regular business hours Wednesday. —

Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 Target says its stores will be operating on MLK, Jr. Day with its normal store business hours. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for business hours

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