part-time
adjective
: involving or working less than customary or standard hours
a part-time job
part-time students
part-time
adverb
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Until that point, Victor had been living a typical postgrad creative life in Brooklyn, matriculating through the stand-up comedy scene and working part-time at the woman-run satire website Reductress.
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Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
Employees can be full-time or part-time, seasonal or year-round, temporary or permanent.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
After graduating in 2002, St. Fort had an internship at a funeral home while also working part-time at other funeral homes.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The company currently supports 24,000 full-time and part-time jobs, along with more than 26,000 indirect jobs in the state.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 5 June 2025
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Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
Employees can be full-time or part-time, seasonal or year-round, temporary or permanent.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
After graduating in 2002, St. Fort had an internship at a funeral home while also working part-time at other funeral homes.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The company currently supports 24,000 full-time and part-time jobs, along with more than 26,000 indirect jobs in the state.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for part-time
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“Part-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/part-time. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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