dead time
Example Sentences
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The dog days of summer are also a historically dead time in Hollywood, when power brokers take lengthy vacations and the pace of deal-making stalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
MLB’s goal is to eliminate dead time, such time-consuming tics such as Nomar Garciaparra tapping toes and adjusting batting gloves between pitches.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Mr Gidney, principal dentist at a practice in Monmouthshire which has 7,000 patients, said the "dead time" was limiting how many non-urgent patients they could see and creating a "bottleneck" in the system.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2021
For a rapidly changing game, there is nothing to lose by creatively trying to generate more action and reduce dead time.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2021
Like you probably do, I productively fill the gaps that most people leave as dead time.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
