turnaround time
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A Park staffer wrote back, saying, “The turnaround time does sound realistic given the budgetary crisis the city finds itself in.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Local officials are then graded by ICE based on the number of cases worked, the number of checks completed, the number of contact information updates and their average turnaround time.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
When orders come in she packs and ships the products, cutting the turnaround time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
That is getting close to the turnaround time for other clinical lab tests.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
He addresses Dad: “I have bipolar, sir, and I had an episode, and they brought me here. I’m going back upstate today. But the doctors are very attentive here, and the turnaround time is great.”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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