designating or of live news coverage of court trials, legislative hearings, political conventions, etc. that lasts from beginning to end
Origin of gavel-to-gavel
with reference, refer to the striking of a gavel to open and close a sessiongavel-to-gavel
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gavel-to-gavel
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InformalExtending from the opening to the close, as of a political convention: gavel-to-gavel television coverage.
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