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prison time

noun

: the time someone spends in prison

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That sentence is set to run concurrently with his prison time for the state case connected to his wife’s death. Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025 Still, Resecker could serve more prison time than either of them. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025 Drummond has served prison time for robbing a convenience store and threatening to go after jurors. CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025 Along with prison time, he was ordered to pay his victims a little over $3 million in restitution and serve three years of supervised release. Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 15 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prison time

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“Prison time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20time. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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