time span

noun

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

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Still, the accounting scandal raises questions about how the company failed to notice over a prolonged time span. Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024 However, economists warned that the numbers can shift wildly month to month, and experts advise against fixating on a specific time span. Madison Czopek, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Aug. 2024 Not coincidentally, the quartet has collectively trended more Democratic than anywhere else in the state in recent years, backing Obama by 10 points in 2012 and Biden by 19 points in 2020, even as the state as a whole moved to the right over that time span. Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024 Payne Had Multiple Drugs In System, Report Says Manufacturing's battery investments in the same time span were largest in Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Tennessee due to investments by LG, Toyota, Hyundai and others. Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 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 20 Dec. 2024.

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