How to Use call time in a Sentence

call time

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• Most of the settlement revolved around how to calculate bonuses paid for the on-call time.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026
• Taylor, 47, has called time on his career after over two decades and 831 matches.
  — David Ornstein, New York Times, 21 July 2026
• Home plate umpire Doug Eddings called time to tell Hancel Rincon to fix his hat.
  — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
• Michael Busch followed with a strikeout on a pitch-clock violation for calling time a second time in the at-bat, then Alex Bregman hit into an inning-ending double play on the next pitch.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
• Acura is also calling time on its GTP program in IMSA, preferring to focus its motorsports efforts on IndyCar.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026