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during

preposition

ˈdu̇r-iŋ

Definition of during

as in throughout

in the course of we wrote notes during the boring lecture

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Recent Examples of during Producing energy is valuable; having the infrastructure and policy framework to direct it where it is needed during a crisis is something else. — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026 You literally get paid time to give back during normal work hours. — Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026 Mustafa, who was born in Iraqi Kurdistan and fled to Norway as a child, said the film was inspired by his encounter with a female Peshmerga sniper during the 2014 frontline battles, as female Kurdish fighters countered Islamic State attacks. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026 Speaking on-stage during a live episode of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast in London, Osman told the audience that The Celebrity Traitors will premiere on September 23. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for during

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Such a result would likely create barriers to Trump's legislative agenda and send a signal about public opinion on the president's policy mix throughout his second presidential term.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Airline operations across the UK have reportedly resumed following an air traffic control failure that cancelled over 2,000 flights and left hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded at airports throughout the country.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

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Was hearing Roland Hayes and, in time, other inspiring artists sing Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann songs like being beckoned by a musical brook to trust her instincts and follow its unlikely path?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
That includes the energy pumped out from the hearts of galaxies by feeding supermassive black holes, a type of cosmic feedback that smooths out clumpy cosmic matter lying outside galaxies.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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