dead time
Example Sentences
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In January — that is, during the NFL, NBA and NHL seasons but in a dead time for MLB — Ipsos polled 1,035 American adults and asked whether they were fans of 13 sports.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2023
A pitch clock would eliminate much of the dead time caused when hitters step out of the batter’s box and pitchers back off the mound and take deep breaths on the infield grass.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2021
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
In the summer it was the tiempo muerto, the dead time, and the campesinos barely escaped starvation.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
