face time
1 : the amount of time one spends appearing on television
2 : time spent in a face-to-face meeting with someone
3 : time spent at one's place of employment especially beyond normal work hours
Recent Examples on the Web
//Michel was the lone player to earn face time on the center-court video board, drawing loud applause.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Damien Harris," 27 Oct. 2019
//Alonzo Mourning did not need that face time on June 30 at AmericanAirlines Arena at the start of NBA free agency.
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Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "Jimmy Butler dives into Heat gene pool, ‘already had the DNA’," 22 Oct. 2019
//But simply denying face time to pro players and fans doesn't seem like a workable long-term solution for what now seems like a sustained movement driven by anger among much of Blizzard's fan base.
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Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Blizzard belatedly punishes college Hearthstone team for Hong Kong protest," 17 Oct. 2019
//Sondland also shuttled repeatedly back to Washington, often seeking face time with Trump.
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Anchorage Daily News, "Texts show push to strong-arm Ukraine," 5 Oct. 2019
//These are people, the doors have been shut on their faces time after time after time.
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Washington Post, "Hospital closings hit hard on the edge of the Rust Belt," 8 Sep. 2019
//In Europe, Tesla is facing time pressure as more established players wake up to the electric future.
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Los Angeles Times, "In Germany, Tesla buyers complain about service and quality," 16 Aug. 2019
//The lack of face time with a national audience could spell trouble for the candidates who weren't on stage Thursday.
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, "Democratic debate: Who were the winners and losers," 13 Sep. 2019
//Jobs with predictable, quantifiable outcomes are easier to mold than those which require hard external deadlines or lots of daily face-to-face time, for example.
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Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, "The three-stage blueprint for “crafting” a flexible career," 13 Aug. 2019
First Known Use of face time
1978, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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