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short time
noun
- a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced:
The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
short time
noun
- a system of working, usually for a temporary period, when employees are required to work and be paid for fewer than their normal hours per week due to a shortage of work
Other Word Forms
- ǰ-پ adjective
Example Sentences
The car was abandoned on an offroad track near Chryston a short time later.
A BBC building in Belfast city centre was placed into lockdown for a short time after a group of protesters made their way onto the premises on Tuesday morning.
A short time later, on the day his school was sent home for lockdown, he was told he had been accepted into Juilliard's class for 2020, made up of just 18 students.
The BBC said UK users who go on holiday outside the UK for a short time will still be able to use the BBC Sounds app.
"Officers followed a short time later, on foot, and gave first aid to the woman, who was then taken to hospital for treatment for life-changing injuries," a spokesperson added.
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