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span

[span] / spæn /




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Shares have jumped 158% over the two days, and have soared 310.3% over the past month, but are still down 38.7% over a span of 12 months.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The number of customer-service representatives in metro Phoenix alone has tumbled 26% in the most recent four-year span the department measured.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

In a new study published in Nature Health, researchers analyzed more than 400,000 Reddit posts written by nearly 70,000 users over a span of more than five years.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

The technology is advancing so fast, moreover, that there may be a payoff both in life span and “health span,” your time actually living without serious disease.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

It was another pigeon, this one with two healthy feet and a noticeably shorter attention span.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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