time frame
noun
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Should time frame be written as one word or two? At present, it is most commonly styled as two words with no hyphen in between.
Compounds, or “words consisting of components that are words,” come in three varieties: open (two words with a space between them, such as lima bean), hyphenated (two words with a hyphen between them, such as runner-up), and closed (one word, such as rowboat). In some cases, competing compound stylings appear in different publications. This is generally acceptable as long as the spelling remains consistent throughout a book or periodical.
Compounds have a tendency to move from open to closed as time goes by, and our evidence suggests that time frame is headed in this direction. At this point, however, the open compound is far more prevalent.
Examples of time frame in a Sentence
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
During this time frame, a narrow, intense lake-effect snow band, only about 10 miles wide, will be capable of thunder, wind gusts near 35 mph and near-zero visibility at its peak.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
What To Know Flight Aware's Misery Map shows the number of delays and cancellations at certain times throughout the day, based on a four-hour time frame, two hours before and after the specific time.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Yet in the previous nine years, a median of 1,004 chief executives left their posts in the same time frame.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Time frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20frame. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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