timespan

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In both scenarios, the market returned to a moderate historical average for the rest of the timespan.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

"Everybody was scrambling around to understand what could be done with a very short timespan on our hands."

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

In that too-short timespan, he built a multifaceted career as a poet, musician, actor and director.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025

“It was supposed to move east of us, and within a five-minute timespan, it all changed and switched directions and came straight through Matador,” Moore said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

"In seven tenth-years, n'ruhar," he began, "we will have—" Some breakfasters were quick to make the connection between the timespan and the previous night's First Sharing, no doubt aided by the little group's satisfied expressions.

From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann