standard time
Example Sentences
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Current federal law does not permit making daylight saving permanent, but it does allow states to opt into permanent standard time — which only Arizona and Hawaii have done.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
Many see the beginning of standard time as a mild annoyance.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
Most carbon removal credits have a standard time frame of 100 years, according to Erica Dorr, who leads the climate team at Riverse, a carbon crediting platform in France.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
I had assumed that switching to year-round standard time also required action at the federal level.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2024
Both the roads and the public then conformed to the standard time of the zone in which they were.
From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
