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Recent Examples of overtime
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift share a kiss after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Many Republican lawmakers said that in Wednesday’s meeting, the White House encouraged them to focus on no taxes on tips and overtime, and extending the child tax credit.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Those employees would include nonexempt hourly workers who were allegedly denied minimum wage, overtime, double time and other benefits.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The win over Notre Dame marked Miami’s first season-opening win over a top-10 team since beating FSU 16-10 in overtime to start the 2004 season.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Many Republican lawmakers said that in Wednesday’s meeting, the White House encouraged them to focus on no taxes on tips and overtime, and extending the child tax credit.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Those employees would include nonexempt hourly workers who were allegedly denied minimum wage, overtime, double time and other benefits.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The win over Notre Dame marked Miami’s first season-opening win over a top-10 team since beating FSU 16-10 in overtime to start the 2004 season.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtime
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Those employees would include nonexempt hourly workers who were allegedly denied minimum wage, overtime, double time and other benefits.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 July 2025
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Not only in terms of performance and Bundesliga survival, but also in the worth (and desirability) of some of these individual players, whose success could help Bremen — a traditional club, but with a modest wage spend — move up the food chain.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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The contract with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 350 runs through April 20, 2028 and calls for a 3% increase in wages for the first year and additional increases of 2% to 3% in following years, depending on the increases to employee health/dental premiums.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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This provision prohibits salary-cap circumvention, meaning arrangements by teams to compensate players outside of their employment contracts.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Workers injured on the job can receive regular payments based on their salary, plus coverage of medical bills to treat their injuries.—
TOM KERTSCHER,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The process has allowed Missourians to raise the minimum wage, legalize both recreational and medical marijuana and expand Medicaid in recent years.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, many states and localities have adopted higher minimum wage rates, some reaching as high as $18 per hour, such as in the District of Columbia.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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By Forbes’ count, at least 14 billionaires earned early paychecks at such chains – often spending long hours frying foods, scrubbing bathrooms and emptying trash for minimum wages.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sarmed Qadeer, coffee cart Sarmed Qadeer, a 28-year-old from Austin, Texas, had spent his first paycheck from Corporate America on a Breville espresso machine.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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What is considered a living wage in Ada County in 2025? To meet basic needs in Ada County, an individual must make at least $25.67 per hour or $53,394 per year before taxes, according to MIT’s calculator.—
Kate Linderman,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Aug. 2025
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Bar advocates, who represent about 80% of indigent clients charged with crimes in the Bay State, have been on strike since May and have continued their work stoppage as their demands for a living wage remain unsatisfied.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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For four years after that policy was crafted, NIL was the only avenue for above-board compensation for college athletes.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fifteen years ago, Mexican attorney Alma Barraza immersed herself in a legal fight to win fair compensation for indigent villagers who lost their property when the government seized land to build a dam.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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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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“Overtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtime. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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