long period

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The flash memory market will remain “undersupplied for a long period of time,” Sandisk CEO David Goeckeler told investors Wednesday, creating an opening for the memory maker to transform its business.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

“It’s a population intensely confined with very close interpersonal interactions for a long period of time,” Schaffner said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Scotland, like the rest of the UK, is enduring a long period of faltering growth, high inflation and rising welfare bills, all of which are putting public services under intense strain.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

This interpretation implies that the planet has been geologically inactive for a long period.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Then came the long period of mourning and the obligatory withdrawal and they separated for a time.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez