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Recent Examples of overtime
Knueppel had just six points on 2-of-12 shooting in 34 minutes during the Hornets’ electric 127-126 overtime win over the Miami Heat at the start of the tournament.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
So Rantanen’s somewhat blasé attitude following Saturday’s wrenching Game 4 loss to the Minnesota Wild — losing the lead with barely five minutes to go on Marcus Foligno’s equalizer, then losing the game in overtime on Matt Boldy’s deflection — was at least well earned.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
A lot of places have mandatory overtime, Brown says.
—George Petras, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
This season, the Victoire won all four games of the head-to-head season series against the Frost, including two overtime victories.
—Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2026
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
So Rantanen’s somewhat blasé attitude following Saturday’s wrenching Game 4 loss to the Minnesota Wild — losing the lead with barely five minutes to go on Marcus Foligno’s equalizer, then losing the game in overtime on Matt Boldy’s deflection — was at least well earned.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
A lot of places have mandatory overtime, Brown says.
—George Petras, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
This season, the Victoire won all four games of the head-to-head season series against the Frost, including two overtime victories.
—Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtime
Noun
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The overtime category includes both double time pay and standard overtime.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
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This year, Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 25, so taking off the following Tuesday and Wednesday means extending your weekend by double time.—
Jamie Spain,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Failing to win promotion in 2023-24, with such a significant wage budget, was a major disappointment for Leeds and Farke survived serious discussions at the top of the club about his potential sacking.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And most importantly, concerns that other organizations would use their spending to push for a salary tax in upcoming labor negotiations.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The annual operating budget of the district is $73 million, of which salaries and benefits are $53 million, according to the district.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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And consumers continue to spend freely in a wide range of areas, even as more of their paychecks are being gobbled up at the gas pump.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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The shutdown initially forced TSA screeners to work without paychecks, which sparked massive lines at airport checkpoints that stretched for hours and threatened to shut down some airports altogether.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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Rodríguez did not specify how much of the $240 corresponds to base salary — which determines pensions, severance and other labor benefits — and how much comes from discretionary bonuses that do not count toward long-term compensation.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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And that rate is used to then slot in the rookie compensation for draft picks, except for the compensatory selections (more on those later).—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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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
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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
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“Overtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtime. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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