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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Conor Wight, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Superintendent Robyn Castillo sent a message to Sacramento City Manager Maraskeshia Smith Tuesday requesting that the city reinstate its contract that assigned three full-time police officers and a supervising sergeant to Natomas schools.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
If a perennial concern with progressive taxation is the potential of driving well-off New Yorkers out of the city, this policy threads that needle by targeting people who are, by definition, not full-time New Yorkers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
The three women — Ashley, Park, and her interpreter, Eunice (Seoyeon Jang) — decide Park will have a trial session with Austin, which will serve as an audition of sorts for a full-time position as the club’s physical therapist.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
While Whitton has a full-time job, her hobby and true passion is physical fitness.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Superintendent Robyn Castillo sent a message to Sacramento City Manager Maraskeshia Smith Tuesday requesting that the city reinstate its contract that assigned three full-time police officers and a supervising sergeant to Natomas schools.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
If a perennial concern with progressive taxation is the potential of driving well-off New Yorkers out of the city, this policy threads that needle by targeting people who are, by definition, not full-time New Yorkers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
The three women — Ashley, Park, and her interpreter, Eunice (Seoyeon Jang) — decide Park will have a trial session with Austin, which will serve as an audition of sorts for a full-time position as the club’s physical therapist.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Full-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-time. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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