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Recent Examples of overtime
The Sharks responded on the scoresheet, as Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Alexander Wennberg scored to tie the game and help send it into overtime.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
That would be Trae Young and the Hawks, who locked down a one-point victory at TD Garden during NBA Cup play and an overtime win there in mid-January.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
In a game full of egregious, beyond-belief turnovers from both squads, the New York Rangers made one fewer than the Minnesota Wild in the end for a 5-4 overtime victory.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday in Manhattan, with the game tied 4-4 in the third period, the Wild killed off a trio of Rangers power plays and earned the point that comes with overtime.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
That would be Trae Young and the Hawks, who locked down a one-point victory at TD Garden during NBA Cup play and an overtime win there in mid-January.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
In a game full of egregious, beyond-belief turnovers from both squads, the New York Rangers made one fewer than the Minnesota Wild in the end for a 5-4 overtime victory.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday in Manhattan, with the game tied 4-4 in the third period, the Wild killed off a trio of Rangers power plays and earned the point that comes with overtime.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtime
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Faraji wants her case to be certified as a class action on behalf of others who worked at Fox at some point over the last four years, who were nonexempt hourly workers and who were allegedly denied minimum wage, overtime, double time and other benefits.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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During a City Council meeting in October, the Antioch Police Department proposed double time for its officers who work on police details but faced opposition.—
Hema Sivanandam,
The Mercury News,
13 Nov. 2024
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Rising wages have enabled people to keep spending, which has kept the overall economy humming along.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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By the 2000s, the middle class these restaurants had been custom-built to serve was shrinking as wages stagnated and neighborhoods grew more segregated by income.—
Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The remote Queensland town of Julia Creek, population 500, is offering about double the salary a family physician would earn in the state’s capital, Brisbane.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Not to mention the fact that the average salary in the U.S. sits below that figure, at around $66,622, according to the latest data from the Social Security Administration.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, this tax increase, combined with a potential minimum wage hike in the hotel industry, could make travel to San Diego more expensive, potentially driving tourists to seek more affordable destinations.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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This is also happening while the legislature advances a bill allowing employers to pay workers below the state’s minimum wage standards that were set through a constitutional amendment process approved by voters.—
Thomas Kennedy,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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For example, two people in the same role might take home wildly different paychecks.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested at the same panel reforms such as streamlining eligibility and delivering the credit in workers' paychecks instead of a single annual lump sum.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Curtin, a former Kankakee County Educator of the Year recipient, said teachers deserve a fair, living wage that reflects their experience, expertise and training.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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And, quite simply, all workers deserve a living wage.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
17 Mar. 2025
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Canadians also can receive unemployment relief and workers’ compensation.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Lucas’ letters request detailed data about each firm’s DEI practices, including internships, fellowships, scholarships, hiring, compensation, staffing decisions in response to client requests, and annual reports or plans.—
Michelle Travis,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The contract’s annual minimum wage increases are 3 percent in the first year of the contract and two percent in the second and third years, and the agreement provides time and a half pay for work assigned on a holiday.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 June 2024
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In addition to reducing the standard workweek by 20%, Sander’s Thirty-Two-Hour Workweek Act, which enjoys strong union support, would require employers to pay time and a half for workdays exceeding eight hours.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2024
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“Overtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtime. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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