duty
Example Sentences
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The city does not plan to order additional staffing due to the weather, as most employees will already be on duty, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
You may find yourself working longer than you intend, so a healthier work-life balance now, and an equal division of household duties, both physical and emotional, is a good start.
From MarketWatch
Police line their route and the inspector on duty shouts out "hats off, strangers" as they pass.
From BBC
He pulls long shifts of guard duty in the city center and still lives with his family in a working class Damascus suburb.
But after 20 miles on the trail, duty to my livestock and to my client, Bakersfield realtor Ralph Smith, prevented me from indulging that fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
