overtime
(uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
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If they used AI or software to redact the files- 1. Doesn’t that mean that whoever owns the AI or software has the files or data? 2. Why did we pay $1 MILLION in FBI overtime to redact files if AI was used to redact?
Overtime for cops costs New Yorkers for decades. www.empirecenter.org/publications...
Ananta has a golden opportunity rn to learn all the DON'T's from NTE's release and progress overtime. They're gonna be idiots if they miss the chance
HALL-ELUJAH! Carolina Hurricanes Come Back to Win 3-2 in Overtime in Game 2 https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/568162/ To stream FCN on your phone, you need the FCN app. Download the FCN…
I followed my go to bed in case it turns into 3 overtime periods and watch a recap or replay in the morning and indeed. 3 overtime periods. 1 and 2/3rds of a hockey game with no goals. And then my team won!
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(uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
“Apollon Timecop back with a blend of Overtime and Bare Knuckle https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/413095/ Similar to Double Impact and Bloody Hooligan, Timecop is one of Apollon Nutrition’s in-house collaborations or joint hybrid…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Golden Week has been going into overtime on Sexy Art Bluesky but you know what, I'm complaining”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Your brain is doing overtime and winning.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“At budget press conference today, Whitmire said people who criticize excessive police & fire overtime are "defunding the police." Council Democrats who stood behind him at conference for that comment are Castillo, Alcorn, Jackson, Evans-Shabazz, Martinez, & Castex-Tatum. #Houston”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Not sure I'm streaming tonight, may have went a bit overtime yesterday and I am shattered.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.
“In good old BR days spare or cover shifts were always look forward to. It could either be an early Finnish or overtime lol and you never know ew till it happened and of course BR realised you needed spare crews 🤔”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.
Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
“If they used AI or software to redact the files- 1. Doesn’t that mean that whoever owns the AI or software has the files or data? 2. Why did we pay $1 MILLION in FBI overtime to redact files if AI was used to redact?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Overtime for cops costs New Yorkers for decades. www.empirecenter.org/publications...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ananta has a golden opportunity rn to learn all the DON'T's from NTE's release and progress overtime. They're gonna be idiots if they miss the chance”
— Bluesky· May 2026“HALL-ELUJAH! Carolina Hurricanes Come Back to Win 3-2 in Overtime in Game 2 https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/568162/ To stream FCN on your phone, you need the FCN app. Download the FCN…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I followed my go to bed in case it turns into 3 overtime periods and watch a recap or replay in the morning and indeed. 3 overtime periods. 1 and 2/3rds of a hockey game with no goals. And then my team won!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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