Mountain time
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Mountain time
1880–85;
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Example Sentences
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Mountain time, was for northeastern Douglas County and western Arapahoe County.
From New York Times
Mountain Time on Friday, and 5,200 Albertans under an evacuation alert.
From Reuters
Or let’s say you live in Denver or the Rocky Mountain time zone, and you still she patches of white on your deck, plan on a 4:57 post.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’ve been here since the ‘70s, and there’s always been a national feeling that what happens in Denver, it’s in the Rocky Mountain time zone out there, it’s kind of quirky, it’s kind of crazy, but, ehhh,” Zappolo said.
From Seattle Times
Andréa Becker, a medical sociologist at the University of California, San Francisco, offered an important observation on Pappas’ initial work: The survey had asked participants if they’d purchased tickets via Ticketmaster or SeatGeek, another ticketing platform used by a smaller number of stadiums, primarily in the Mountain time zone.
From Slate
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