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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Gary Sandler, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
After being full-time director of bands at Huth, Harrigan returned to Southland College Prep part time in 2017 as associate band director and became full-time director of bands in fall 2020.
—Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Businesses can quickly hire them part-time to help with a sudden increase in demand without needing all the paperwork, benefits and expenses attendant with a full-time employee.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Quack Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a strange way to Make America Healthy Again by taking a blowtorch to the department, cutting some 20,000 full-time jobs across multiple agencies and firing thousands of probationary employees.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
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Gary Sandler is a full-time Realtor and president of Gary Sandler Inc., Realtors in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
—Gary Sandler, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
After being full-time director of bands at Huth, Harrigan returned to Southland College Prep part time in 2017 as associate band director and became full-time director of bands in fall 2020.
—Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Businesses can quickly hire them part-time to help with a sudden increase in demand without needing all the paperwork, benefits and expenses attendant with a full-time employee.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Quack Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a strange way to Make America Healthy Again by taking a blowtorch to the department, cutting some 20,000 full-time jobs across multiple agencies and firing thousands of probationary employees.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Full-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-time. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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