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normal time

British

noun

sport the standard length of time allowed for a match before any extra time, such as injury time, is added

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The visitors trailed to Dominik Szoboszlai's brilliant free-kick with just six minutes of normal time remaining until Haaland teed up Bernardo Silva to level.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Home advantage unquestionably brought extra pressure on the 2022 World Cup semi-finalists, but it also perhaps played into their hands for the controversial penalty award at the end of normal time in the final.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Teenager Agyemang kept England in the tournament and the 19-year-old equalised in the 96th minute of normal time to force extra time.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

It is going to be a very tough 90 minutes for all Lionesses fans as well as the players on the pitch but I am backing England to get the job done in normal time.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

Lucky for me the overcast morn caused the other servants to sleep past their normal time.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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