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nine-to-five

[nahyn-tuh-fahyv] / ˈnaɪn təˈfaɪv /












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People are working full-time, working nine-to-five, then having to back it up with back-to-back trainings until 9pm.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Studies have consistently shown that nonstandard work schedules -- working outside the traditional nine-to-five workday -- can negatively impact physical and mental health as well as social and family life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

Just over 2.5 million followers later, he quit his nine-to-five and recently booked his first nationwide tour.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Cousin Tye was one of the only dudes in my family that kept a nine-to-five and never wanted anything to do with street stuff.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2024

He hated all the people who lived in air-conditioned houses with the windows permanently sealed, and drove air-conditioned cars to nine-to-five jobs in air-conditioned office buildings that he said were little more than gussied-up prisons.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls