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extra time

noun

  1. sport an additional period played at the end of a match, to compensate for time lost through injury or (in certain circumstances) to allow the teams to achieve a conclusive result

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Most of this extra time came from having to climb up and over the seaweed piles.

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The final was postponed one week because of rain, and Barristers coach Shane Gerard took full advantage of the extra time to devise a game plan.

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Because talk therapy is a process of verbalizing symptoms to help process emotions, Pathomrit often spends extra time educating her clients and modeling what that looks like.

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Sensory overload can be extremely destabilizing, so an autistic child may first need a quiet place with dim lighting to calm themselves, and extra time to process and form answers to providers’ questions.

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Sensory overwhelm can be destabilizing, and an autistic child may first need a quiet place with dim lighting to calm themselves, and extra time to process and form answers to questions.

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