standard time
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Many see the beginning of standard time as a mild annoyance.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
Most carbon removal credits have a standard time frame of 100 years, according to Erica Dorr, who leads the climate team at Riverse, a carbon crediting platform in France.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
Experts agree that switching the clocks back and forth affects our health, but there’s no general consensus on which is best in the perennial debate between permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
As a refresher: Each year in the United States, we spring forward an hour in March, and then go back to standard time in November.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024
By working out and establishing a standard method and standard time for various ``repeat'' operations a workman is engaged in, it encourages—and even enforces—the formation of new efficiency habits.
From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
