standard time
Example Sentences
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Congress should end the insanity now by going to permanent standard time, the proven healthiest of all options.
From Seattle Times
South Africa's World Cup preparation was shrouded in controversy and debate when the selectors dropped their captain and star all-rounder Dane van Niekerk for not meeting the standard time for a two-kilometre run.
From BBC
Faced with dwindling popular support, President Gerald Ford signed a bill in 1974 to restore standard time.
From Washington Times
To supporters of Resolution D, removing the leap second from U.T.C. would make the standard time scale friendlier to modern digital technology, at least in the century following 2035.
From New York Times
The Nov. 6 news article “Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time” noted that “our internal clock” is “in sync with the solar day.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
