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overtime

[oh-ver-tahym, oh-ver-tahym] / ˈoʊ vərˌtaɪm, ˌoʊ vərˈtaɪm /
ADJECTIVE
additional
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Japan will ease overtime regulation starting Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country's ingrained workaholic culture.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

We also found lower levels of a protein called granzyme B, which rises when the immune system has been working overtime for years – another sign of slower ageing at a cellular level.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, it is leaning on remaining staff to work more hours to make up the shortfall—and paying significant overtime as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

In just two weeks of protests, the report said, the department spent $17.47 million in personnel costs, including $12.14 million for overtime.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“Traffic problems at the judgment pavilion. Double overtime for the staff. I used to be a rich god, Percy Jackson. I control all the precious metals under the earth. But my expenses!”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

The action raced like an overtimed kinetoscopic film.

From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford



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