part-time
adjective
: involving or working less than customary or standard hours
a part-time job
part-time students
part-time
adverb
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Loehmann landed a part-time position with a police department in southeast Ohio in 2018.
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CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Johnson joined on a part-time basis in 2022.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
The Canes wisely added a Tennessee part-time starter who played for three years in the shadows of Middle Tennessee State.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Federal prosecutors alleged in their trial brief that a portion of the donations for the advocacy group paid a part-time worker at the plastic surgery clinic $18 an hour to give out falsified vaccine cards and administer saline shots to children.
—Jessica Schreifels, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Johnson joined on a part-time basis in 2022.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
The Canes wisely added a Tennessee part-time starter who played for three years in the shadows of Middle Tennessee State.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Federal prosecutors alleged in their trial brief that a portion of the donations for the advocacy group paid a part-time worker at the plastic surgery clinic $18 an hour to give out falsified vaccine cards and administer saline shots to children.
—Jessica Schreifels, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for part-time
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“Part-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/part-time. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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