Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Why is there always enough ____ to do things you don’t want to, but never enough for those you love?”, starting with the letters ti.
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noun
- The measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues duration
- A nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future
- Leisure
"time for reading"
- The point or period when something occurs occasion
- An appointed, fixed, or customary moment or hour for something to happen, begin, or end
"arrived ahead of time"
- An opportune or suitable moment
"decided it was time to retire"
- A historical period age
- A division of geologic chronology
- Conditions at present or at some specified period
- The present time
"issues of the time"
- Lifetime
- A period of apprenticeship
- A term of military service
- A prison sentence
- Season
"very hot for this time of year"
- Rate of speed tempo
- The grouping of the beats of music rhythm
- A moment, hour, day, or year as indicated by a clock or calendar
"what time is it"
- Any of various systems (such as a sidereal or solar system) of reckoning time
- One of a series of recurring instances or repeated actions
"you've been told many times"
- Turn
"three times at bat"
- Finite as contrasted with infinite duration
- A person's experience during a specified period or on a particular occasion
"a good time"
- The hours or days required to be occupied by one's work
"make up time"
- An hourly pay rate
"straight time"
- Wages paid at discharge or resignation
"pick up your time and get out"
- The playing time of a game
- Time-out
- A period during which something is used or available for use
"computer time"
verb
- To arrange or set the time of schedule
- To regulate (a watch) to keep correct time
- To set the tempo, speed, or duration of
"timed his leap perfectly"
- To cause to keep time with something
- To determine or record the time, duration, or rate of
"time a horse"
- To dispose (something, such as a mechanical part) so that an action occurs at a desired instant or in a desired way
- To keep or beat time
adjective
- Of or relating to time
- Recording time
- Timed to ignite or explode at a specific moment
"a time charge"
- Payable on a specified future day or a certain length of time after presentation for acceptance
"a time draft"
- Based on installment payments
"a time sale"
noun
- Payment for work (such as overtime or holiday work) at one and a half times the worker's regular wage rate
noun
- A bomb so made as to explode at a predetermined time
- Something with a potentially dangerous or detrimental delayed reaction
noun
- A container holding historical records or objects representative of current culture that is deposited (as in a cornerstone) for preservation until discovery by some future age
- Something resembling a time capsule
"sunken vessels are archaeological time capsules"
noun
- A card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day or on each job
noun
- A chart showing the standard times in various parts of the world with reference to a specified time at a specified place
- Timeline
noun
- A clock that stamps starting and quitting times on an employee's time card
adjective
- Using or taking up a great deal of time
"time-consuming chores"
- Wasteful of time
"time-consuming tactics"
This clue was used on January 25, 2025.