How to Use part-time in a Sentence

part-time

adjective
  • About 86 percent of the employees work in the stores, and many of them work part-time.
    BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But his church asked him to be their part-time youth pastor.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Jackson, 27, went on to have a strong four-year stint with the Bills as a role player and part-time starter.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The nannies work full-time or part-time and earn the minimum wage of about $7 an hour.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Keeping your pool clean can feel like a part-time job during the warmer months.
    Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The new market brings 100 part-time and full-time jobs to the area, according to a release.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
  • At the end of 2017, Ross was still playing music part-time and working as a life coach.
    Sal Cataldi, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Johnston has been in a part-time role as the team’s fourth wideout behind Williams, Allen and Joshua Palmer.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts full-time and part-time jobs as the same (i.e., each equal to one job).
    Robert Barone, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The Charlotte store will hire about 50 full- and part-time employees.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
  • While Arias was having a hard time hitting .200 as a part-time player, the Guardians want to see more of him at SS.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • The pair first met in early 2010, working part-time jobs at the same McDonald's.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • Designers then worked on the projects part-time for six months,instead of the two or three days common in hackathons.
    Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
  • By contrast, those who work part-time or for only part of the year have a poverty rate of 20.7 percent.
    Josh Bandoch, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Third graders who attended full-day preschool showed more gains than those who went part-time.
    Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Moms who don’t have to work numerous part-time jobs to put food on the table have more time to give to their children.
    Shari F. Shink, The Denver Post, 25 May 2024
  • Parents of teens are faced with many dilemmas, one of which might be whether or not to allow their kids to work a part-time job.
    Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 22 Oct. 2024
  • At the time, the mother of two worked as an aide and part-time at Target to help cover her family’s bills.
    Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Mark O’Hare is a part-time private pilot and survived a plane crash on a seven-seater Piper Seneca in 1999.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 July 2024
  • Wen Parks, who works part-time at a Target in Normal, Ill., said her store has not received any threats.
    Jaclyn Peiser and Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2023
  • Before the cuts, the main library in Jonesboro had 36 full-time and 14 part-time employees, said Adams.
    Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The principal, Earl B. Thomas, took a special interest in me and gave me a part-time job on the weekend.
    Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Stockman bought a homestead cabin in Joshua Tree in 2013 and has lived there part-time ever since.
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Once the weather clears up, Dan plans to bring him around his part-time job at Home Depot to roam, indulge in treats and live out his best life.
    Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Wilson currently works two part-time jobs in audio, which is not enough to keep him out of debt.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The program can be completed in 12 months on a full-time basis or 24 months on a part-time basis.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
  • So here, a pithy primer for anyone considering a part-time home away from home.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Foster expects to hire up to 12 full- and part-time employees.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Carroll was working part-time at that point to focus on raising their sons.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • As the Free Press reported last month, the problem started around the fate of some 253 part-time temporary employees at the plant.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024

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