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Recent Examples of periods
Kaiden Guhle, for example, played significant minutes at five-on-five with four different defense partners through two periods.
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Those years included periods of unexampled prosperity and the growth of a strong middle class in the United States.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Sure, some of the topics discussed amid another eventful end to the season were tiered toward the change in how many transfer portal periods are now in place (one) compared to previous years.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
The station housed three astronauts at a time for extended periods over three missions.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
In a series of blog posts on its website, the taxpayer advocate is sharing recommendations — including that people review their IRS tax account transcripts through their online account — to check penalty assessments from those periods.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The elastic waistband eliminates the digging that can come with wearing traditional jeans for long periods of time, while the denim fabric and polished details still look sharp enough for a day in the office.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Montreal had a superb start to overtime, outshooting Minnesota 23-11 through the first two extra periods.
—CBS News, 6 May 2026
But what happens in those interstitial periods, as micro-rhythms ripple outward from liquid collisions, is key to Seefeel’s approach.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Those years included periods of unexampled prosperity and the growth of a strong middle class in the United States.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Sure, some of the topics discussed amid another eventful end to the season were tiered toward the change in how many transfer portal periods are now in place (one) compared to previous years.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
The station housed three astronauts at a time for extended periods over three missions.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
In a series of blog posts on its website, the taxpayer advocate is sharing recommendations — including that people review their IRS tax account transcripts through their online account — to check penalty assessments from those periods.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The elastic waistband eliminates the digging that can come with wearing traditional jeans for long periods of time, while the denim fabric and polished details still look sharp enough for a day in the office.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Montreal had a superb start to overtime, outshooting Minnesota 23-11 through the first two extra periods.
—CBS News, 6 May 2026
But what happens in those interstitial periods, as micro-rhythms ripple outward from liquid collisions, is key to Seefeel’s approach.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for periods
Noun
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Obama might agree on some days.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Pistons, down 3-1 just days earlier, became just the 15th team in NBA history to complete that kind of comeback.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Alexis Rodriguez, 44, said his wife and three children, ages 4, 8 and 18, are intubated at the hospital in critical condition.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Pastel Classic Clog for ages one through five — the latter swapping multiple Jibbitz for only two oversized shoe charms of Kitty at her finest, instantly recognizable bow and all.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The evolution of the Anglo-American Special Relationship underscores important events of that global total war, and the Cold War and post-Cold War eras that have followed.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Pseudonyms were important in the colonial and Revolutionary eras to protect dissidents from retaliation by English officials.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Orlando turned the ball over three times — twice inside the red zone — and there were also untimely penalties and numerous missed tackles as Orlando lost for the second straight game 20-14.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Brother Rice scored six more times in the second, with Campbell contributing another double.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The new finding, however, seems to push the universe’s earliest epochs of galaxy formation even further back than astronomers had once thought.—
Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
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The connecting 18-mile Harmony-Preston Valley trail section traces a tributary to the Root River; trail markers tell of the area's environmental and cultural epochs.—
Robin Pfeifer,
Midwest Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Periods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periods. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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