rest period

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Once the rest period is over, it is important to focus on mobility, moving the injured area as soon as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2025

Following a rest period, we asked the participants to complete a mental maths test which increased in speed for eight minutes, alerting them when they got an answer wrong.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Agricultural workers must be granted one cool-down rest period of at least 10 minutes every two hours when the temperature exceeds 95 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Anyone working 16 consecutive hours would get a 12-hour rest period before starting again.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

Instead of going directly to her locker, she stopped in the big recreation room where some girls were making the most of their fifteen-minute rest period.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith