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full-timer

American  
[fool-tahy-mer] / ˈfʊlˈtaɪ mər /

noun

  1. a full-time worker.


Etymology

Origin of full-timer

1865–70, for earlier sense; full-time + -er 1

Example Sentences

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He should honor it by choosing a full-timer.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2023

He and his staff - one full-timer, 14 part-time employees - aren’t sure what comes next.

From Washington Times Mar. 13, 2020

D.C. has one full-timer, manager Lori Grisham, who gave up a job at USA Today to pursue her love of books.

From Washington Post Jun. 23, 2017

Here’s the cold, hard truth every prospective student, and every parent, should know: In the vast majority of subjects, when you have an adjunct professor instead of a full-timer, you are getting a substandard education.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2014

A journalist, a freelance and subsequently as a full-timer since 1992, Shiv Kumar was the Goa correspondent of The Indian Express from 1998 to 2000.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

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