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Recent Examples of time and a half
Nothing about the job was good, except the time and a half.
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Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half.
—Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
Extras should be prepared for a 10-12 hour day and will receive overtime pay of time and a half.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022
At that time, American agreed to pay pilots a 50% premium (time and a half) to cover reassignments.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 11 July 2022
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Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half.
—Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
Extras should be prepared for a 10-12 hour day and will receive overtime pay of time and a half.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022
At that time, American agreed to pay pilots a 50% premium (time and a half) to cover reassignments.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 11 July 2022
See all Example Sentences for time and a half
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
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During a City Council meeting in October, the Antioch Police Department proposed double time for its officers who work on police details but faced opposition.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Hosts themselves were often staff announcers or weathermen doing double time.Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Cockburn said Saudi Arabia would need a vast number of migrant workers to deliver its World Cup ambitions in a country which has neither established a minimum wage for non-citizens nor introduced measures to prevent worker deaths.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Sign up Other tax rises include a rise in capital gains tax from 10% to 18% for basic rate taxpayers and 20% to 24% for higher earners, as well as a national insurance hike for employers and a higher national minimum wage.Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Our schools need better funding, and our direct support staff deserve living wages.Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Copied Share Second meeting for teams Greg Rosenstein The Ravens beat the Bengals 41-38 in overtime in Week 5, the highest scoring game of the season so far.NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Overtime sent the fans at Arrowhead Stadium into a nervous quiet as Kelce made a handful of catches from Mahomes, but running back Kareem Hunt helped the Chiefs seal the victory in overtime with the final touchdown.Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Time and a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20and%20a%20half. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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