times

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 The 56-year-old was found shot six times in the head and torso in Marion County in September 1990. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 Together, these women find respite from, and at times refute, perennial patriarchal powers. JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025 As for who actually kept the ring, that changed multiple times throughout the reunion. Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 Yet much of Timor-Leste’s development can be credited to its reliance on oil and gas revenue, which at times made up over 90% of the country’s GDP. Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025 First, humans have fed on them for millennia, from the Bible and the epic in ancient times to the nineteenth-century novel and the twenty-first-century Marvel franchise. Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025 In recent times, Malone, a longtime shareholder of Discovery and mentor of David Zaslav, helped engineer that company’s $43 billion acquisition of WarnerMedia. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025 The 29-year-old denied former Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun three times in the first half. Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025 Pesto’s fame quickly spread after a public gender reveal, and he was viewed close to two billion times on social media. Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
  • Hank remained single throughout the series but has had brief moments of chemistry with other characters, including with Nina Chapman (Sara Bues) in season 11.
    Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • At crucial moments, however, one force surrenders to the other to produce an ambiguous collaboration.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • Their language mimics the essence of things, evocations of items and experiences.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Being an actor means constantly outputting — expressing — but rarely having time to take in new experiences.
    Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • The New Balance 530s are my pick for long travel days or marathon connections (looking at you, Charles de Gaulle), while my colorful Reeboks bring a fun pop that instantly brightens up any airport look.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The Dodgers star was also on the mound on three days rest as Los Angeles hoped for a Hollywood ending despite a unique rule that could have prevented him from picking up the bat and taking the mound in the same game.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • Smart Task Dependencies automatically adjust related tasks when dates or durations change, and the lightweight, fluid design eliminates much of the complexity typically associated with project management software.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • These circuitous routes greatly lengthen mission durations and limit launches to tight windows.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Team it with ballet flats or sneakers for a casual day of apple-picking or tailgating this season, or dress it up with tights and boots for holiday celebrations and other special occasions.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • School records show that students called Blunt's son the N-word on multiple occasions.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • Here’s hoping that this cast of outsiders has just as many adventures ahead of it.
    Judy Berman, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The show followed the adventures of passengers and crew aboard the cruise ship Pacific Princess (a real Princess Cruises ship at the time of The Love Boat's airing), with each episode featuring guest stars playing passengers with their own unique storylines.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • After Isaiah’s body was found, three other children — ages 16, 14 and 9 months — were taken from the same Lynwood apartment complex where it was discovered, according to NBCLA.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Florida’s final moments against Georgia were fitting for a fireside horror story — that which fans will tell years from now, recounting to their grandchildren the dark ages of this resting college football power.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • Launched in 2010 by Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett, the Giving Pledge invites the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to publicly commit to giving away at least 50% of their wealth to philanthropy, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Historically, researchers would spend years (or lifetimes) tinkering in the lab to stumble on new alloys and polymers.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Times.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/times. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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