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short time

noun

a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced:
The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.

short time

a system of working, usually for a temporary period, when employees are required to work and be paid for fewer than their normal hours per week due to a shortage of work

Linsker initially escaped after the clash on the bridge but was arrested a short time later.

Livvix allegedly arrived in Israel a short time after he jumped bail on drug charges.

Police on the scene called paramedics but Garner died a short time later.

For a short time there was Zima Gold, which was slightly amber and almost had bourbon like taste to it — for the manly Zima man.

Because I know this will last a short time, two or three years, and then to the house of the Father.

The Alcalde remained kneeling for a short time by the side of the corpse, his lips moving in prayer.

Chemotaxis alone will not explain the continuance of leukocytosis for more than a short time.

The Russian general Bauer made her his mistress, after which she lived a short time with prince Mentschicoff.

In a short time you will be able, in the language of Dr. Johnson, “to tear out the heart of any book.”

I also found the camp and the country round about burning, the said Ygolotes having set it afire only a short time before.

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