duration
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“The superlong sector has been relatively robust when investors are loath to add duration risk, and performance at auctions has not been bad,” Citi Research’s Tomohisa Fujiki says in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"It's actually surprising how effectively the dark fleet operated throughout the duration of the war," said David Tannenbaum, director at US‑based sanctions consultancy Blackstone Compliance Services.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Fix your bond exposure: If your bond fund’s average duration is more than seven years, you are betting inflation returns to 2% fast.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
This method estimates FM and FFM based on individual characteristics such as height, weight, age, race, gender, history of diabetes, and duration of GLP-1 treatment.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
Then they were stripped and given a prison uniform to wear, with a number on the front and back that was to serve as their only means of identification for the duration of their incarceration.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing duration
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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