timespan

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In another scenario, a person earning about double that would have about $250,000 in the same timespan.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

In that too-short timespan, he built a multifaceted career as a poet, musician, actor and director.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025

In a 2021 report on the Joplin derailment, it attributed 592 U.S. derailments over a decade-long timespan to “track geometry,” which includes the distance between the rails and their horizontal and vertical alignment.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

In that 22-year timespan, the average of an opening batter in Ashes Tests in the UK is 33.36.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 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