1
: employed for or involving full time
full-time employees
full-time work
2
: devoting one's full attention and energies to something
a full-time gambler
full-time
adverb
: the amount of time considered the normal or standard amount for working during a given period
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Nina Burns, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
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In April 2023, that office had a full-time director hired by the Army and an initial core staff of 30 civilians, according to a 2024 Pentagon report that said that the workforce was expected to grow.
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Warner, a Hall of Famer, didn’t become a full-time starter until his sixth professional season.
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Adjective
The company says the plant will shut down on April 7, eliminating about 600 full-time jobs and roughly 1,200 seasonal positions.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
The new firm, as is being redefined by AI, is a much smaller corpus of full-time employees, because those are the least flexible workers in your talent pool.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
In April 2023, that office had a full-time director hired by the Army and an initial core staff of 30 civilians, according to a 2024 Pentagon report that said that the workforce was expected to grow.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Warner, a Hall of Famer, didn’t become a full-time starter until his sixth professional season.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Full-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-time. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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