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Recent Examples of overtime
The teams scored two points each in the first overtime and neither team scored in the second.
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Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
She’s made $25,000 a month before by doing these shifts and picking up some overtime, generally totaling around 16 shifts in that time.
—Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
In overtime, with two laps to go, Larson got a good jump and was able to hold off Hamlin to secure the second NASCAR Cup Series Championship of his career.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Their only loss came to Virginia in overtime, a game in which Louisville dominated in the box score but allowed two defensive touchdowns.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
She’s made $25,000 a month before by doing these shifts and picking up some overtime, generally totaling around 16 shifts in that time.
—Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
In overtime, with two laps to go, Larson got a good jump and was able to hold off Hamlin to secure the second NASCAR Cup Series Championship of his career.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Their only loss came to Virginia in overtime, a game in which Louisville dominated in the box score but allowed two defensive touchdowns.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 3 Nov. 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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Many have watched their parents or older peers work tirelessly only to face burnout, layoffs, or stagnant wages.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
11 Nov. 2025
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Private-equity firms are deeply embedded in the disaster-recovery industry, sometimes relying on the low-wage labor of immigrants and incarcerated people in order to provide reconstruction services at cut rates.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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Dozens of Tarrant County College faculty members have been ordered to pay back portions of their salaries, with college administrators saying the teachers did not meet their contractual obligations.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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Possible cuts to come Goals laid out for the 2025-26 school year include reducing spending on supplies, salary costs, contracts and services.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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These include women’s right to vote, Medicare, the minimum wage, workplace safety laws, universal health insurance, and civil rights for all races and genders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Certain sectors would likely be hit harder than others by a higher minimum wage.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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The over month long closure has left hundreds of thousands of employees missing paychecks and disrupting millions of benefits.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Federal aviation employees are set to miss their second paycheck on Tuesday, if the government shutdown continues—which Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Friday will lead to a higher staff reduction.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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If Johnston heeds that warning, the mayor will likely have to find a proposal that balances workers’ need for a living wage with the desire to attract businesses to the city core in order to find enough council support to pass the legislation.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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Granor Farm has a staff of more than 30, with over 20 full-time employees who earn a living wage and health benefits.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, the hotel did not profit from the ordeal after compensation was eventually given to those affected, investigators found.—
Ryan Cormier,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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To be sure, Bastian’s current compensation package is about $27 million, but airline executives do sometimes have to travel coach when premium seats are sold out.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 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 19 Nov. 2025.
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