time span

noun

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

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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 That’s one game less than the Chiefs have played AFC West opponents in the same time span. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025 Ehlers has been an elite five-on-five point producer for a long time at $6 million AAV, scoring nearly as many five-on-five points (111) as team leader Kyle Connor (120) in the three seasons before this one despite playing 953 fewer minutes than Connor during that same time span. Murat Ates, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 In the attack at hand, the breakout time—meaning the time span from the moment of initial access to lateral movement inside the network—was just 48 minutes. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 21 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 12 Mar. 2025.

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