long period
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Of course, it takes work to get a child back into school after a long period of absence.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Previous research on the subject has produced mixed findings, and relatively few studies have followed participants for such a long period.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
That’s “probably one of the higher values” recorded there, but meteorologists don’t have a long period of registered climate data for that area so it’s hard to say, he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I have 100% confidence that you know through quite a long period of time they’re going to be utilizing Nvidia compute for a lot of their computing,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The newly reenergized suffrage movement finally started having some success after a long period of stagnation.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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