1
: employed for or involving full time
full-time employees
full-time work
2
: devoting one's full attention and energies to something
a full-time gambler
full-time
adverb
: the amount of time considered the normal or standard amount for working during a given period
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Throw in the fact that LSU doesn’t have a full-time president right now, as William Tate left for Rutgers in May, and coaching candidates may not get an answer to who exactly their boss is.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2025
Atharva Gosavi Atharva is a full-time content writer with a post-graduate degree in media & amp; entertainment and a graduate degree in electronics & telecommunications.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
The bill would have removed the requirement for nurse practitioners to have an overseeing physician after 2,000 hours of work — less than a year of full-time nursing practice.
—Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
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Fast forward nine years, and Fritz is doing makeup full-time, posting her avant-garde looks on TikTok for her nearly 100,000 followers.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Throw in the fact that LSU doesn’t have a full-time president right now, as William Tate left for Rutgers in May, and coaching candidates may not get an answer to who exactly their boss is.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2025
Atharva Gosavi Atharva is a full-time content writer with a post-graduate degree in media & amp; entertainment and a graduate degree in electronics & telecommunications.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
The bill would have removed the requirement for nurse practitioners to have an overseeing physician after 2,000 hours of work — less than a year of full-time nursing practice.
—Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Full-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-time. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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