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Recent Examples of double time
Part of the decrease is that the new company’s employees will no longer routinely work weekends, which are time-and-a-half or double time, unless called in to do so.
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Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Since then, Zelensky has worked double time to signal his appreciation for Trump’s efforts, including having his country agree to a mineral rights deal with the United States that could serve as a form of payment for U.S. support in the war.
—Ian Swanson, The Hill, 19 May 2025
Its crystal ball discerns patterns to predict what styles will blow up—then guides the requisite design, sourcing, and inventory decisions in double time.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
At the City Council meeting on Tuesday night, residents and councilmembers expressed concerns about having Antioch police officers worked beyond mandatory overtime shifts or paying them for double time shifts, especially in areas of the city experiencing spikes in violent crime.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Since then, Zelensky has worked double time to signal his appreciation for Trump’s efforts, including having his country agree to a mineral rights deal with the United States that could serve as a form of payment for U.S. support in the war.
—Ian Swanson, The Hill, 19 May 2025
Its crystal ball discerns patterns to predict what styles will blow up—then guides the requisite design, sourcing, and inventory decisions in double time.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
At the City Council meeting on Tuesday night, residents and councilmembers expressed concerns about having Antioch police officers worked beyond mandatory overtime shifts or paying them for double time shifts, especially in areas of the city experiencing spikes in violent crime.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double time
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The opening of Buc-ee's will also bring more than 200 full-time jobs to Goodyear, which will pay above minimum wage and offer benefits.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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That’s almost five times the minimum wage.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The last time Kansas allowed 100 points in a win was against Oklahoma on January 4, 2016, in a three-overtime game won by the Jayhawks, 109-106.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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So in overtime, on X-Clown —(offensive coordinator) Dan Henning and the coaches put that play in that week, for that particular game.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
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From at least November 2021, Robert Clouston knew that Arizona state law required Colt Grill to pay time and a half for any work over 40 hours per week, the indictment said.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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The Budget Lab at Yale estimates that 8% of U.S. hourly workers and 4% of salaried workers are regularly paid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires overtime pay of at least time and a half once employees have worked 40 hours in a week.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Everybody deserves to make a living wage and be taken care of, and the PAs are absolutely not an exception to that.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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The living wage in Mecklenburg County for a single, childless adult is currently $55,307, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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If earnings stay the same from 2025 to 2026, wider brackets could mean a bit higher take-home pay.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Increase take-home pay via deductions for overtime, tips and certain worker expenses.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Double time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20time. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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