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

"Everybody was scrambling around to understand what could be done with a very short timespan on our hands."

From BBC

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

From Salon

Consider this example: Those who invested in a S&P 500 index fund at the beginning of January 2021 and held on through the end of 2024 scored a return averaging 13.6% a year; every dollar they invested grew to $1.67 over that timespan.

From Los Angeles Times

"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