short time
noun
British
: a work schedule in which an employee works fewer hours than usual
The company hasn't laid anyone off, but a number of employees have been put on short time.
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Born in 1911 in Kingston, Jamaica, Stringfield lived in North Carolina for a short time before her family relocated and raised her in Boston.
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
Drastically jumping right into the plan can cause limited results or disinterest in the diet in a short time frame.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 30 Apr. 2025
The hope is that events like Doc N’ Roll change the future for many of these projects, allowing them to be shown as they were intended, find an audience, and potentially even reach those gatekeepers that may have ignored such titles only a short time ago.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Surveillance video from Tam’s shows that Sloan and Knight fought through Knight’s Raptor window at the burger joint parking lot a short time later.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
Drastically jumping right into the plan can cause limited results or disinterest in the diet in a short time frame.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 30 Apr. 2025
The hope is that events like Doc N’ Roll change the future for many of these projects, allowing them to be shown as they were intended, find an audience, and potentially even reach those gatekeepers that may have ignored such titles only a short time ago.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Surveillance video from Tam’s shows that Sloan and Knight fought through Knight’s Raptor window at the burger joint parking lot a short time later.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Short time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short%20time. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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