overtime

noun

Definition of overtimenext
as in double time

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Recent Examples of overtime During the summer league, the NBA is having players take only one free throw except for the final two minutes of games and overtime. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026 Sonia Citron, who was coming off a 32-point performance in a four-overtime win over Portland on Sunday, did not play due to right knee soreness. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 The union president said Boston traditionally uses overtime to put extra officers on the street when officials know about recurring problem areas. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Former Kansas Jayhawks combo guard Darryn Peterson scored 28 points on 11-of-21 shooting with five rebounds and two assists in the Utah Jazz’s 103-102 overtime victory over Atlanta on Saturday. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for overtime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtime
  1. double time
  2. wage
  3. salary
  4. minimum wage
  5. paycheck
  6. living wage
  7. compensation
  8. time and a half
Noun
  • Companies run with limited staff and often pay technicians double time, which drives up the bills homeowners pay.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Overtime or double time paid solely under California law does not independently qualify.
    — Fennemore, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of double time
Noun
  • Over the past decade, home prices have risen much faster than wages.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • For this calculation, the institutional research department compared UC graduates’ earnings to out-of-pocket costs for their degrees and the opportunity costs of forgone wages of high school graduates of the same age.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of wage
Noun
  • No one expects Moreno to spend like the Dodgers do (and even Walter’s fellow owners want a salary cap in an attempt to stop the Dodgers).
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • That adds up to just $15,080 a year, based on a standard 40-hour workweek—less than a third of the average American’s salary of around $60,000 yearly.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Definition of salary
Noun
  • Gonzales ran with a platform decisively to the left, supporting Medicare-for-all, raising the minimum wage and cracking down on junk fees.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Candidates at Tuesday’s forum largely focused on affordability and education, often agreeing with each other on matters like increasing the federal minimum wage and the need for access to quality affordable housing.
    — Raisa Habersham July 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of minimum wage
Noun
  • But if the raises continue at a frenetic pace, today’s fractional yields can be tomorrow’s fat paychecks.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • The report will also provide insight into whether American workers’ paychecks are falling further behind inflation.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of paycheck
Noun
  • California is tops in the nation for average teacher salary at $103,552; EPI sets a living wage in the state at $73,311.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Additionally, the brand’s Living Wage Program, a supply chain initiative that assesses living wage benchmarks based on regional costs of living, continued with eight suppliers.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
Definition of living wage
Noun
  • In addition to the monetary compensation and scholarship awards, pageantry is also helping the girls build confidence and learn key behavioral skills.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • Take action to protect your identity Offers in this section are from affiliate partners and selected based on a combination of engagement, product relevance, compensation, and consistent availability.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of compensation
Noun
  • In Rhode Island, most hourly workers are required to be paid time and a half on Sundays and holidays.
    — Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Paying employees time and a half inflates state agencies’ payroll costs, but often the practice is unavoidable to fill critical staffing gaps.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of time and a half

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“Overtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtime. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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