Thesaurus results for PERIODS

periods

noun

plural of period

as in days

an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing the Romantic period in music

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Recent Examples of periods Before the latest attack, Air India, FlyDubai, Lufthansa Group and Pakistan International Airlines were among the airlines suspending flights to and from Riyadh and other Saudi airports for varying periods. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Before the latest attack, Air India, FlyDubai, Lufthansa Group and Pakistan International Airlines were among airlines suspending flights to and from Riyadh and other Saudi airports for varying periods. — Samy Magdy, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Disney Entertainment and Netflix have entered into an expansive new content licensing agreement, which will bring an eclectic mix of library titles and current-season TV shows to Netflix for varying periods of times. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026 The decline has continued, with fewer murders recorded between January to March and April to June than in the same periods a year earlier. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 And over the next two decades, the games became more ambitious and elaborate, set in various time periods, even the future. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Once connected to a local household’s Wi-Fi, the batteries act as power banks that automatically charge during low-demand periods at night and discharge their energy storage when air conditioners are running during peak demand periods. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 To properly support employees during these periods, leaders may need to reset priorities, redistribute workloads, streamline processes and create space for candid conversations about capacity. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 These extreme events often develop rapidly or move quickly over short periods of time. — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for periods

Noun

The aircraft carrier spent more than 260 consecutive days at sea without a port call, with reports of supply shortages, broken plumbing and eight suicide attempts among its crew.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
This amount is roughly equivalent to two days of production shut down by the storm.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of days

Noun

The gift targets kids ages 11 to 17 in lower-income areas, with extra emphasis on those near the couple’s central Texas home.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Still, people of all ages should continue to be offered education and safe spaces for healing, Layden said.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of ages

Noun

That one’s about spirits from different eras who were forced to cohabitate mostly alone until a living human couple moved into their mansion.

— Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Each of these vehicles is considered to among the best performance vehicles of their eras.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of eras

Noun

At other times, Manning has shown the ability to move around well in the pocket to buy time, or just run for positive yards.

— Mac Engel October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
The Rams — playing without Donald and Myles Garrett — sacked Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts four times during the 24-20 victory.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of times

Noun

General Motors Anderson sees design and human ingenuity falling into three main epochs, beginning with thousands of years of empirical design that saw creators largely mimicking nature, building and testing models, and advancing from there—slowly, expensively, and narrowly focused.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2026
Other lines of circumstantial evidence also suggest shockingly large objects roamed the early epochs of our solar system.

— Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026