released time
noun
: time off from regularly scheduled activities (as at a school) given to take part in some other specified activity
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Following public scrutiny about the app’s effects on vulnerable people, TikTok released time management tools for users under 18 years old.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
When pressed for a release time for results by campaign aides on a private conference call, party officials hung up.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
Reporters have their own computers but no access to phones or internet until the release time, at which point someone essentially throws a large switch that restores communications to the room.
—NBC News, 17 Jan. 2020
Against the Chargers last Sunday, Carr averaged the fewest downfield yards per pass attempt (4.2) and third-quickest release time (2.43 seconds) among quarterbacks in Week 16.
—Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 26 Dec. 2019
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
When pressed for a release time for results by campaign aides on a private conference call, party officials hung up.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
Reporters have their own computers but no access to phones or internet until the release time, at which point someone essentially throws a large switch that restores communications to the room.
—NBC News, 17 Jan. 2020
Against the Chargers last Sunday, Carr averaged the fewest downfield yards per pass attempt (4.2) and third-quickest release time (2.43 seconds) among quarterbacks in Week 16.
—Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 26 Dec. 2019
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“Released time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/released%20time. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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