part-time
adjective
: involving or working less than customary or standard hours
a part-time job
part-time students
part-time
adverb
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Fiscal savvy gained by working part-time jobs.
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
These people tend to work in low-wage jobs that don’t offer health insurance, have part-time employment, or are freelancers who work gig jobs.
—Elena Shao, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Some are doing it part-time or alongside another full-time job.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2025
The new departures, which have already been challenged in court, whittled the Education Department's staff by nearly a fifth, based on its most recent headcount estimates of full- and part-time employees.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
These people tend to work in low-wage jobs that don’t offer health insurance, have part-time employment, or are freelancers who work gig jobs.
—Elena Shao, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Some are doing it part-time or alongside another full-time job.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2025
The new departures, which have already been challenged in court, whittled the Education Department's staff by nearly a fifth, based on its most recent headcount estimates of full- and part-time employees.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for part-time
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“Part-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/part-time. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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