part-time

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Recent Examples of part-time For the negotiations, the report suggested both parties to allow Canada Post to close more rural post offices, expand community mailboxes, and give the postal service flexibility to hire part-time workers for weekend parcel delivery. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025 The retailer is hiring for several roles in San Diego, including part-time retail sales ($17 an hour) and visual merchandising ($17 to $18 an hour). Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025 What Jones and others in the space are pushing for is a fundamental shift—treat interns as part-time employees throughout the year. Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 According to the study, some of these fake profiles (known as trustees) mentioned attending public school or working part-time, indicating that this person grew up with fewer means. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for part-time
Recent Examples of Synonyms for part-time
weekend
Adjective
  • Vittert, an ex-weekend anchor at Fox News, holds down the 7 p.m. hour, followed by Cuomo, followed by Abrams (who still holds the post of chief legal analyst at ABC News as well).
    Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Fyre Festival was supposed to be an elaborate, weekend-long music festival in 2017, but its meltdown went viral on social media, as attendees documented makeshift tents and meager food offerings.
    Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022

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“Part-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/part-time. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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