period of existence
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Neanderthals enjoyed a long period of existence between about 400,000 and 70,000 years ago, spreading from Africa to the Middle East and Europe.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Since the Pontificate of Nicholas V. the See of Rome had entered upon a new period of existence.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
They might have claimed a longer period of existence, as their first charter was granted by Edward IV.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
Everything he saw related to a past period of existence.
From The Ghost of Guir House by Beale, Charles Willing
It is Freud's service to have investigated this inadequately chronicled period of existence with extraordinary acumen.
From Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden)