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Recent Examples of double time
During a City Council meeting in October, the Antioch Police Department proposed double time for its officers who work on police details but faced opposition.
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Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Hosts themselves were often staff announcers or weathermen doing double time.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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
Casting assistants’ first union agreement established a minimum wage rate of $21 an hour retroactive to Sept. 29, with double time after 12 hours worked and triple time after 15 hours worked in a single work day.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
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Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Hosts themselves were often staff announcers or weathermen doing double time.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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
Casting assistants’ first union agreement established a minimum wage rate of $21 an hour retroactive to Sept. 29, with double time after 12 hours worked and triple time after 15 hours worked in a single work day.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double time
Noun
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That’s left many farmworker families struggling to afford rent while earning minimum wage, $16.50 an hour.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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The legislation would also repeal a section that allows future minimum wage increases based on inflation.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The bill currently proposes at least $4.9 trillion in tax cuts—including helping tips, overtime wages, and retirement-age Americans—partly paid for with cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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He was done in by a power play that was No. 1 in the league from the day Rantanen was traded until the end of the regular season, but then went 3 for 24 against Dallas and failed to deliver late in two overtime losses.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The board members are allowed to pick up extra shifts outside their 40-hour union work week, getting paid time and a half.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2025
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The contract’s annual minimum wage increases are 3 percent in the first year of the contract and two percent in the second and third years, and the agreement provides time and a half pay for work assigned on a holiday.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 June 2024
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This may mean that services shift to prioritize work participation and skill-building in jobs that pay a living wage, ultimately growing economic resiliency so people no longer need public benefits in the future.—
Caroline Whistler,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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So far, no brand has guaranteed its factory workers a living wage, according to the Clean Clothes Campaign, a Dutch advocacy group.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
25 Apr. 2025
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By checking your tax withholding, individuals can prevent having to owe additional money and any potential penalties at tax time and also adjust withholding to increase take-home pay instead of waiting for a refund.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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The couple’s mortgage payment was more than half of his monthly take-home pay.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Double time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20time. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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