Pacific time
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Pacific time
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences
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Pacific time before a joint session of Congress in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
After traveling 7,606 miles last season, Chesney and his team will leave the Pacific time zone only once during the first eight games of the season.
From Los Angeles Times
Only three of their remaining 11 are outside of the Pacific time zone.
From Los Angeles Times
AWS started reporting issues shortly after midnight Pacific time, stating it was looking into errors with its database service Amazon DynamoDB.
From Los Angeles Times
Pacific Time, explaining that she wanted to have breakfast with her newborn twins.
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