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[doo-ray-shuhn, dyoo-] / dʊˈreɪ ʃən, djʊ- /


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Its appearance provided additional confirmation of the record intensity calculated from the pulse energy, duration, and size of the focused beam.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

“A durable decline in energy prices could ease inflation pressures, restore some flexibility to Fed policy and provide a powerful tailwind for Asian duration markets,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The heat that Southern California experienced this year was unprecedented, both in intensity and duration, according to Benmarhnia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Future work should examine whether the usage patterns persist over the total duration of the six-year pilot program, the study said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

But to Bush, they suggested that uranium research could be safely laid aside for the duration of the war.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Palantir’s management said difficult quarter-on-quarter comparisons —owing to an exceptionally robust period ended June — and shorter contract durations as headwinds to bookings growth.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Compared with the birds in Madmaheshwar valley, the monal in Chopta also produced shorter call durations likely to cut through low-frequency human noise from traffic and tourist footfall.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

It’s possible that longer durations of air purification may sustain or even increase the improvement in cognitive function we observed in our study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

"Intolerable heat will be experienced at much larger scales and for longer durations, affecting far more people than previously estimated," the study concluded.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

“But think of the enormous, immeasurable durations it can give you out of time. Every soma-holiday is a bit of what our ancestors used to call eternity'.” John began to understand.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley


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