timespan

Example Sentences

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Although the disparity in performance looks less dramatic when one zooms out to a 25-year timespan.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

"In the short timespan, sometimes this kind of behavior, if it's directly related to food or some survival value, it may very well fade away fairly quickly. We'll see whether that happens or not."

From Salon • May 14, 2024

Redirecting money from the Fort Lawton plan could house more people in a shorter timespan.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

With Unst's Viking heritage, we had always thought of the timespan from the longship to the spaceship.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023

"In seven tenth-years, n'ruhar," he began, "we will have—" Some breakfasters were quick to make the connection between the timespan and the previous night's First Sharing, no doubt aided by the little group's satisfied expressions.

From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann