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short time

noun

  1. a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced:

    The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.



short time

noun

  1. a system of working, usually for a temporary period, when employees are required to work and be paid for fewer than their normal hours per week due to a shortage of work
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He appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica a short time ago.

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For a short time, she studied film and philosophy at NYU.

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Thailula spoke of how her dad had always tried to help other people, and said he had "impacted so many people in that short time".

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Butts said there wasn’t a clear motive for the shooting, but noted Figueroa has been employed at the Inglewood campus for a short time as an unarmed security guard.

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Edwards acknowledged that the team would be changing their approach to social media and "looking at our professional behaviours", but added that in her short time in the role she had already noticed changes.

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