in/within the space of
idiom
: before the end of (a stated time) : in (a stated time) or less
They finished in/within the space of an hour.
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And while few international guests will make a second trip to Tokyo in the space of a month, Ichiyama suggests that the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Tokyo Filmex festival be regarded as a pair.
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
The Irish meet Navy and Army in the space of four weeks and within a distance of about eight miles.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The incentive worked, and in the space of just two months, NAFO had raised $276,429, and decided to call the drone Raccoon’s Revenge, a reference to the raccoons stolen by Russian zookeeper Oleg Zubkov during the Russian retreat from Kherson in November 2022.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Filmed in South Florida, the movie takes place primarily in the space of the film set itself where a small group of actors and crew confront the history of the writer, stage scenes from her life, and try to make sense of it.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
The Irish meet Navy and Army in the space of four weeks and within a distance of about eight miles.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The incentive worked, and in the space of just two months, NAFO had raised $276,429, and decided to call the drone Raccoon’s Revenge, a reference to the raccoons stolen by Russian zookeeper Oleg Zubkov during the Russian retreat from Kherson in November 2022.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Filmed in South Florida, the movie takes place primarily in the space of the film set itself where a small group of actors and crew confront the history of the writer, stage scenes from her life, and try to make sense of it.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for in/within the space of
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“In/within the space of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%2Fwithin%20the%20space%20of. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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