time span

noun

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

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Searches for flights to Puerto Rico increased by 12% compared to the same time last year, according to Kayak, with airfares also rising 14% in that time span. Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 11 July 2025 Ahead of the vote, board member Joan Gardner said that new superintendents will bring their own ideas and preferences with them, so there will be a change in direction as stakeholders and a new superintendent find comfort with each other, as well as a time span of accommodation. Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025 Fossils provide an opportunity to reconstruct sea level change over a longer time span. David Bressan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 Still, the industry isn’t taking any chances; in 2021 Swift’s current label, Universal Music Group, reportedly began making artists sign contracts effectively doubling the time span in which they’re prohibited from rerecording their music. Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 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 19 Aug. 2025.

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