- a variation of driving time.
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drive time
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drive-time
drive-timenoun
drive time
Americannoun
noun
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She’s also calculated the drive time from Chicago, down to the last minute — namely, 10 hours and 27 minutes — if that becomes a necessary option.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025
From San Francisco to Napa, it’s expected to take nearly two and a half hours for travelers who leave Dec. 21, which is an 82% increase from the typical drive time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
Flying cars could dramatically cut the drive time between destinations typically served by short-haul commercial flights.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
"It's drive time - I can feel the adrenaline kicking in already," Federer says in one recording.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2023
We had maybe five minutes of drive time left in the tank.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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My current hours are closer to those of a Maine lobsterman or a drive-time DJ.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
The oil industry, drive-time talk radio hosts, and even Cal Worthington and his dog Spot piled on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
“The sword cuts both ways,” Trey Radel, a radio talk show host and former Republican congressman, said late last month as he railed against the legislation on his evening drive-time show.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Hersholt wakes around 2 or 3 a.m. daily, a result of getting up early to drive on empty roads and sit in an even quieter recording studio as a morning drive-time host for many years.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
They were close now, thinking together in the feverish drive-time on the night-dark streets.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory
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