- a variation of driving time.
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drive time
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drive-time
drive-time
drive time
Americannoun
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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
I used to estimate my drive time on the 10 by tracking the exit ramps on the freeway signs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
"It's drive time - I can feel the adrenaline kicking in already," Federer says in one recording.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2023
Unless some sort of bypass is constructed, commuters would need to take coastal routes to and from Kailua-Kona, adding at least an hour drive time each way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
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
"Do you want to do the drive-time show?"
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 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 Cory Doctorow
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