time span

noun

: time period
The study took place over a time span of 20 years.

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Her 2018 memoir, Becoming, broke records and became the best-selling book released that year after 15 days of publication, selling 2 million copies in that time span. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 The time span from inviting the opening acts to take part in the song to finished recording and making social media clip took less than two weeks. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025 Fried has quietly been among the best starting pitchers in the game over the last five years, ranking 11th in fWAR since the start of the 2020 season with 15.4 despite missing 15-20 starts in that time span due to injuries. Keith Law, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024 Each year during that time span, around 400 to 500 people died, 48,000 were hospitalized and 4,000 suffered encephalitis (swelling of the brain) caused by measles, said the CDC. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for time span

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“Time span.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20span. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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