double time

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for double time
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Noun
  • The candidates also highlighted a desire to change tax laws and minimum wage to fight the affordability crisis.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The center is currently seeking state money to help pay for a program to hire homeless clients to minimum wage jobs cleaning the community, hoping to give people a boost toward better-paying employment down the line.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At times, Spoelstra was just that, committed, concluding the season with Ware and Adebayo starting in tandem, and then opening the Heat’s lone postseason game, the play-in overtime road loss to the Charlotte Hornets, with the alignment.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In India, workers described being forced into excessive overtime to rush final orders before additional tariffs kicked in, then getting laid off anyway.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In Rhode Island, most hourly workers are required to be paid time and a half on Sundays and holidays.
    Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Paying employees time and a half inflates state agencies’ payroll costs, but often the practice is unavoidable to fill critical staffing gaps.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As the Industrial Revolution immiserated 19th-century workers, Pope Leo XIII championed their rights to unionize and receive a living wage at a time when these ideas were widely considered radical.
    Elias Wachtel, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Prior to the pandemic, the city relied on a consultant’s living wage calculation using the federal poverty rate for a family of three, adjusted upward to account for San Jose’s higher cost of living.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Starting in January, the monthly premiums for the health plan used by many teachers rose from zero to $1,400 a month paid over 10 months each year — an enormous reduction in take-home pay.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Rent, utilities and grocery bills don't just shrink just because your take-home pay does.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026

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“Double time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20time. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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