Wouldn't it also work with "env time" if that's easier to type?

It would also work to just write 'time'

Quoting overrides aliases and builtins.

  $ 'time' -v -- echo hi
  hi
          Command being timed: "echo hi"
          [...]

The easiest to type is to make a 'time' alias (or shell function in fish, or whatever your shell prefers…)

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