How to Use part-time in a Sentence
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About 86 percent of the employees work in the stores, and many of them work part-time.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
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But his church asked him to be their part-time youth pastor.
—Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
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By this time, Mary had found a part-time IT job paying $26 an hour at a law firm.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
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Jackson, 27, went on to have a strong four-year stint with the Bills as a role player and part-time starter.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
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The nannies work full-time or part-time and earn the minimum wage of about $7 an hour.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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That equates to 145 million full- and part-time workers.
—Dr. Ronald Premuroso, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
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Retired from his job at UPS, he is employed part-time by the city.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 24 Dec. 2024
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Keeping your pool clean can feel like a part-time job during the warmer months.
—Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2023
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The new market brings 100 part-time and full-time jobs to the area, according to a release.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
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At the end of 2017, Ross was still playing music part-time and working as a life coach.
—Sal Cataldi, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
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Amy, who works part-time, was told to buy new earbuds herself.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 3 June 2025
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Johnston has been in a part-time role as the team’s fourth wideout behind Williams, Allen and Joshua Palmer.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
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There’s a reason the Twins were able to sign him cheaply to fill a part-time role five months ago, after all.
—Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts full-time and part-time jobs as the same (i.e., each equal to one job).
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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The Charlotte store will hire about 50 full- and part-time employees.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
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While Arias was having a hard time hitting .200 as a part-time player, the Guardians want to see more of him at SS.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 30 July 2023
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Cava plans to hire 25 to 40 part-time and full-time employees.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
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The prior year, a part-time third traffic lane was opened on the eastbound lower deck.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The pair first met in early 2010, working part-time jobs at the same McDonald's.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
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Designers then worked on the projects part-time for six months,instead of the two or three days common in hackathons.
—Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
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As the Nickelodeon cartoon plays, Rowin or one of the part-time caregivers might prepare his son’s meals.
—Scott Craven, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
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By contrast, those who work part-time or for only part of the year have a poverty rate of 20.7 percent.
—Josh Bandoch, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
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Third graders who attended full-day preschool showed more gains than those who went part-time.
—Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 11 Dec. 2023
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Jeff’s sister Beverly still works part-time at the store.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
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That morning, Calvert was at home with her part-time caregiver, who helped her around the house during the day.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Moms who don’t have to work numerous part-time jobs to put food on the table have more time to give to their children.
—Shari F. Shink, The Denver Post, 25 May 2024
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This includes a quarter of all full-time workers and half of all part-time workers.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Parents of teens are faced with many dilemmas, one of which might be whether or not to allow their kids to work a part-time job.
—Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 22 Oct. 2024
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In the Trump era, with university research on the chopping block, some professors have become part-time fundraisers for the sake of science.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
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Many older Suzuki models feature a part-time four-wheel drive system with low-range selection.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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