double time
Example Sentences
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They can include time-and-a-half or double time, testing in a separate room to reduce distractions or having unlimited breaks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“If I need to make something from scratch, I need to work double time before I finish the product,” she explains.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024
"So all of you people feel underused now, get a good night's sleep, because next year you're going to be working double time," he said.
From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2023
He describes the song as akin to a “slow reggae” with “a double time and a half time all strung together in ballad form, kind of.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023
They marched up the hill, Agnes tripping along double time to keep up with Gilly’s exaggerated strides.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
