for any length of time
idiom
: for more than a very small amount of time
I get sick if I ride in the back seat of a car for any length of time.
If you're in town for any length of time, be sure to see the museum.
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In previous Doom games, standing still for any length of time often led to instant death.
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ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Fifty percent of the patients who were boarded for any length of time were 65 and older, the analysis showed.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
But if Trump’s dramatic bid to remake global trade sticks for any length of time — adding a 34 percent tariff on goods made in China, a 46 percent levy on Vietnam and more — there are few business plans in retail and fashion that won’t have to be thrown out.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Those of us who have reported for any length of time on the pro-Trump movement are called upon again and again to explain what is happening and why.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Fifty percent of the patients who were boarded for any length of time were 65 and older, the analysis showed.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
But if Trump’s dramatic bid to remake global trade sticks for any length of time — adding a 34 percent tariff on goods made in China, a 46 percent levy on Vietnam and more — there are few business plans in retail and fashion that won’t have to be thrown out.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Those of us who have reported for any length of time on the pro-Trump movement are called upon again and again to explain what is happening and why.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
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“For any length of time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20any%20length%20of%20time. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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