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duration

noun as in length of action, event

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Postseason NHL fights since 2016 by duration of fight and average period they occurredFights were timed from the moment a player’s gloves fell to the ice until an official stepped in.

The case suggests that vaccine trials should be monitoring for the duration of protection against the coronavirus, which is still unknown, To said.

From Fortune

Days later, the scientists found that in two of the colonies, at least 84% of the bats glowed, which suggests that a transferable vaccine applied this way could immunize enough bats to reduce the frequency, size and duration of rabies outbreaks.

This year Canticos watch time and subscribers have grown more than 1,000 percent, Wolfe Pereira says, with average view duration up 82 percent.

From Ozy

It measures your body and watches you for the duration of the exam, tracking your movements to identify what it considers cheating behaviors.

For the entire duration of the hours I spent inside San Pedro I noticed my abdominal muscles remained perpetually clenched.

Overall, the average duration of illness at sampling was nine days.

Every couple, regardless of racial makeup, will hear this question countless times through the duration of their relationship.

In Illinois, such intervention programs last a minimum of 26 weeks; other states require the duration to last at least a year.

“Regularity is more important than duration so that it integrates into the mind and body,” says Cruikshank.

Will this position be permanent or will its duration be limited practically to the period of the war?

Water was also found in many other parts, but all the runs appeared to be of temporary duration.

The policy of the law has changed in this regard, and the duration of their existence is limited to a comparatively short period.

Snow falls very infrequently except in the mountain areas and usually is of short duration whenever it appears.

More generally, leases of doubtful duration are construed in favor of the tenants.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to duration, such as: continuation, extent, period, span, continuance, and continuity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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