man-days
- plural of man-day.
Example Sentences
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The number of man-days lost to stoppages plunged - from 33.6 million in 1974 to just 2.8 million in 1976.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025
Allen and his ilk have worked most weekends to get the work done, logging about 35 man-days on the project that is, by lookout standards, some rather light lifting, he says.
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2016
Microsoft estimates that building the virus likely took 10,000 man-days of labor by top-rank software engineers.
From Newsweek • Dec. 13, 2010
In 1976, wildcats cost the companies more than 2 million man-days of labor and 20 million tons of coal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The work was all done by farm laborers hired by the month and 100 man-days of such labor were required, excluding seven days work of a mason brushing and troweling the surface.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
