How to Use standard time in a Sentence

standard time

noun
  • That, of course, is the shift from daylight to standard time.
    — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2020
  • When do clocks return to standard time?
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
  • An hour of darkness is gained as states return to standard time.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The ones that differ from the standard time are marked below in bold.
    — The Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2021
  • This option would require the state to stay on standard time year round.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2019
  • Close by was the 30% who wanted standard time all year around.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The four or so months between these dates observe what's known as standard time.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2019
  • When daylight saving time ends, clocks are set back one hour to standard time.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2026
  • When daylight saving time ends, clocks are set back one hour to standard time.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Prefer staying on standard time year round?
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The end of daylight saving time and the return to standard time aren’t all bad.
    — Addy Bink, The Hill, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Proponents of staying on standard time year-round say the same thing.
    — The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Two states, Arizona and Hawaii, have year-round standard time.
    — April Rubin, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Georgia is one state that's in the process of enacting standard time year-round.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
  • If the rivers run faster in the future on average, the clock will get ahead of standard time.
    — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Two states — Arizona and Hawaii — don’t change and stay on standard time.
    — Associated Press, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The hotel, which is on standard time, does little things like have one wall clock per time zone in the lobby.
    — Terry Tang, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
  • And on the back end of summer days, the sun would set at earlier hours under standard time.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • How will returning to standard time affect us?
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • States either have to change the clocks at a specified time or stick with standard time throughout the year.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Clocks are set back one hour to standard time on the first Sunday of November.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 13 May 2021
  • They are then turned back to standard time on the first Sunday of November.
    — John Sharp, al, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Most of us observe daylight saving time by moving clocks one hour ahead in the spring and one hour back to standard time in the fall.
    — Rosie Colosi, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Many Alabamians have a tough time adjusting to the switch to standard time.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Under his plan, states would have to commit to either daylight saving or standard time.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Arizona observes mountain standard time year-round.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Uniform Time Act allows states to opt-out and stay in standard time all year.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Another bill to make standard time permanent failed to pass the House.
    — Addy Bink, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Hawaii and most of Arizona decided to adopt just standard time more than 50 years ago.
    — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The series begins in standard time travel fashion.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

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