How to Use eastern time in a Sentence

eastern time

noun
Definition of eastern timenext
  • The first town to open up its polls, Dixville Notch in New Hampshire, did so at midnight, eastern time.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The contest launched this week with the deadline to post a video midnight eastern time on Halloween night.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The full video will debut at midnight, eastern time, on Friday.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Given that Windsor is five hours ahead of the eastern time zone in the US, fans in the States will be up bright and early for the second royal nuptials of the year.
    — Kara Thompson, Town & Country, 13 Sep. 2018
  • Find out on Saturday when the teams kick off at 3:30 p.m. eastern time in College Station.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The suspension lasted from about 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. eastern time as the FAA hurried to fix the problem by rebooting the system.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The seventh Kitten Bowl will kick off the day's activities at 2 pm eastern time on the Hallmark Channel and will re-air at 5 pm.
    — Jeffrey Van Camp, Wired, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Tonight’s debate starts at 9pm US eastern time and will air on all major networks and cable news channels.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The national team begins its quest for Olympic gold early Sunday morning eastern time in a matchup with Finland.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • The Senate will gavel into session at 1 p.m. eastern time (9 a.m. in Alaska).
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
  • The company lifted its ban as of 5pm eastern time yesterday, reports Bloomberg, which obtained a copy of the email Amazon sent to sellers.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2020
  • This article was updated at 5pm US eastern time with the latest FlightAware data.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2022
  • According to Ballotpedia, polling locations in the eastern time zone are set to close at 8 p.m., while locations in the central time zone will close at 7 p.m.
    — Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2020
  • As of this morning, US eastern time, a majority of users appear to have voted in favor of an edit button.
    — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Jordan tweeted an emoji of a smiley face wearing a cowboy hat at 11:09 p.m., nine minutes after the midnight (eastern time) free agency bell set by the NBA.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 30 June 2018
  • The opening ceremony takes place on Friday, July 23 at 7am US eastern time (8pm local time).
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 19 July 2021
  • The ceremony will begin at around 11 a.m. local time (6 a.m. eastern time), but arrivals began at the Abbey bright and early this morning in London.
    — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • McCormick has scheduled the first hearing in Wilmington for Tuesday morning eastern time.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 July 2022
  • Valuations were calculated using close-of-market stock prices, and crypto asset prices as of noon eastern time on both days.
    — John Hyatt, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The data from Johns Hopkins University is complete as of midnight eastern time in Baltimore, and delays in reporting over the holidays may have played a role in the rising rates.
    — Fortune, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Indiana was on the second night of a back-to-back after winning at San Antonio on Saturday night and lost two hours of recovery time due to switching from the central to eastern time zone and daylight savings.
    — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Powerball will also be holding a special $1 million drawing just after midnight, eastern time, on Jan. 1.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The emergency directive late Sunday also asked for an assessment from these agencies by noon eastern time on Monday.
    — Michael Riley, Bloomberg.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • While incumbent president Donald Trump falsely claimed victory in a speech around 2:30 am eastern time, votes are still being counted, and several swing states are too close to call.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The travel and lodging reservation website is opening up the eerie experience on October 28 at 12 p.m. eastern time.
    — Nashia Baker, House Beautiful, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Readers began noticing the odd messages around 8:30pm US eastern time when the offensive messages began to circulate on social media.
    — Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022
  • According to his website, at 10 a.m. local time, or 1 p.m. eastern time, there will be a private ceremony in the rotunda to honor his lifelong dedication to public service.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2018
  • Trump tweeted similar sentiments, including thanking first responders, shortly after noon eastern time.
    — Alana Abramson, Time, 4 Feb. 2018

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