times

Definition of timesnext
plural of time
1
as in moments
a particular point at which an event takes place remember that one time you tried to wash the dog in the sink

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as in days
an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing back in my parents' time, families usually had only one car

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as in durations
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress how much time will the project take?

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Recent Examples of times This could simplify their installation and reduce their deployment times. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026 This pursuit has at times put the province at odds with the rest of Canada. Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 You also might be attracted to competitive sports, social activities, the arts and playful times with kids. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026 To boost capacity and meet demand, UPS said its flights run five times a week between Paris and Hong Kong and Shenzhen and Sydney. Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026 The popular reality program that airs three times a week on CBS is a one-of-a-kind social experiment where 16 strangers are locked in a house together for the summer. Matt Minton, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026 The 49ers have appeared in the Super Bowl three times since York became the team’s top decision maker, but have not won a championship since the 1994 season when DeBartolo owned the club. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Titan’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere is four times denser than Earth’s, allowing the car-sized Dragonfly drone’s eight rotors to easily fly between promising landing sites every Titan day (16 Earth days) to collect and study samples. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Only Middlesbrough made their regains higher upfield, on average, and Coventry caught opponents offside 136 times last campaign — the most since Barnsley (144) and Bournemouth (143) four seasons ago. Liam Tharme, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • That may still be the case in the coming weeks, but the second episode of HBO’s Lanterns makes for a fairly solid (if simple and straightforward) follow-up with some wildly entertaining moments.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Shifting from summer’s swimwear, the brand’s new drop makes for statement-making moments with individual versatile pieces for the months ahead.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • Visitors can also extend their trip with tours of the Lebanon Silver Mine or gold-panning experiences.
    Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But this is hard to achieve because practical knowledge is gained through experiences at work, at home and in the community, and these experiences often vary depending on industry, age and geographic area.
    Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Bright light or grow lights are essential for keeping indoor cuttings healthy and thriving during shorter days.
    Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Federer didn’t have too many prickly relationships during his playing days, and there were plenty of candidates.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • People could experience long durations of high temperatures with little to no overnight relief from the swelter.
    Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
  • This approach isn’t all that different from last year for the fourth-year quarterback; Young played for varying durations in two of the Panthers’ three preseason contests in 2025.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Aug. 2026
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  • Jihadi militants had on two occasions this year attacked the airport, a strategic hub that hosts a Nigerien air force base as well as the headquarters of the joint Niger-Burkina Faso-Mali military force.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • While my own beauty bag options are much more varied, and my heavy-makeup phase as an alternative teenager may be behind me, there are still occasions that call for formulas capable of going the distance—say, the Met Gala.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • On the page, Hig’s first-person descriptions of his everyday adventures, and of the waning natural world around him, had an honest, melancholy soul to them.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • As the weather begins to cool and the corn stalks reach for the sky, farms begin planning for their annual corn maze adventures.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • One of the most important findings of this approach is the mechanisms for material loss from protoplanetary disks seem to evolve and switch dominance as an infant star ages.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The stats from Nielsen Media Research also point to an average viewership of 231,000 women ages 25-54 and 179,000 women 18-49.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • Her legacy will last for lifetimes, said Parker, who worked as an aide for Granger and on her campaign.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers explain that the approach could extend catalyst lifetimes, reduce maintenance and replacement costs, and support the development of more commercially viable hydrogen production systems using renewable electricity.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

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