released time

noun

: time off from regularly scheduled activities (as at a school) given to take part in some other specified activity

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Following public scrutiny about the app’s effects on vulnerable people, TikTok released time management tools for users under 18 years old. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024 When pressed for a release time for results by campaign aides on a private conference call, party officials hung up. — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020 Reporters have their own computers but no access to phones or internet until the release time, at which point someone essentially throws a large switch that restores communications to the room. — NBC News, 17 Jan. 2020 Against the Chargers last Sunday, Carr averaged the fewest downfield yards per pass attempt (4.2) and third-quickest release time (2.43 seconds) among quarterbacks in Week 16. — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 26 Dec. 2019 When asked about the Arapahoe sheriff’s notification, Smock said the sheriff’s office did inform ICE of Garces-Ortize’s detention — but not of his release time. — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2019 Then, as Consequence of Sound reported, last year, West pushed it to two separate November 2018 release times. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2019 The department doesn’t contact ICE ahead of a release date, nor does it detain inmates for ICE beyond the release time, according to Sheriff’s Department officials. — Maya Lau, latimes.com, 25 June 2019 They have begun training the AI to recognize details of any given shot as granular as someone’s release time and vertical jump. — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 17 July 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of released time was in 1941

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“Released time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/released%20time. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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