in/within the space of
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: 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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The 57,124- square-foot Winn-Dixie at 3275 Coral Way — with its attached liquor store that opened in 1990 in the space of the former Twin (and later Triple) Gables movie theater — is more than twice the size of the average 22,000-square-foot Aldi.
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In two separate movie projects within the space of a year, A Family Affair and Babygirl, Nicole Kidman parses the power differentials at play when older women find fulfillment with younger men.
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Farmers alone got four rate increases amounting to an average 44 percent in the space of a year and a half.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The 57,124- square-foot Winn-Dixie at 3275 Coral Way — with its attached liquor store that opened in 1990 in the space of the former Twin (and later Triple) Gables movie theater — is more than twice the size of the average 22,000-square-foot Aldi.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
In two separate movie projects within the space of a year, A Family Affair and Babygirl, Nicole Kidman parses the power differentials at play when older women find fulfillment with younger men.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Farmers alone got four rate increases amounting to an average 44 percent in the space of a year and a half.
—Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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