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
Rachel Raposas, People.com, 9 May 2025
In that same time frame last year, documents showed only 10 such incident reports were filed, though CPL did not return any incident reports from March 2024.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
By executing this six-step SBD plan, teams can generate products within acceptable time frames that both proactively safeguard users and support business needs.
—Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Many doubt the probability that the U.S. will negotiate new trade policies with 57 countries within the time frame.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Time frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20frame. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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