short time
noun
British
: a work schedule in which an employee works fewer hours than usual
The company hasn't laid anyone off, but a number of employees have been put on short time.
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Moore was pulled from the waters with significant trauma and transported to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
He had been brought to the hospital unconscious and died a short time later.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Officers arrested Capucci without incident a short time later on a charge of murder, police said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
It’s also changed in the short time since Williams first staged this play in November 2020.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
He had been brought to the hospital unconscious and died a short time later.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Officers arrested Capucci without incident a short time later on a charge of murder, police said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
It’s also changed in the short time since Williams first staged this play in November 2020.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
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“Short time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short%20time. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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