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.

Examples of short time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, Tighe drew opposition — including from the Chicago Council of Lawyers — because a short time earlier, her husband had been appointed Cook County Assessor. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Worried that Iraq’s Sunni government still posed a threat to Kurds in the north and Shiites in the south, the United States, the United Kingdom, and, for a short time, France imposed two no-fly zones over those regions, without UN consent. — S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Police said a short time later, officers found the driver of the hit-and-run vehicle, identified as Rycroft-Strickland, who is a Southlake resident. — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Based on my short time with the Show 16, Amazon may have solved that problem and delivered a genuinely useful device. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for short time

• airtime
• bedtime
• daytime
• downtime
• enzyme
• halftime
• lifetime
• longtime
• lunchtime
• mealtime
• meantime
• nighttime