time frame
noun
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Should time frame be written as one word or two? At present, it is most commonly styled as two words with no hyphen in between.
Compounds, or “words consisting of components that are words,” come in three varieties: open (two words with a space between them, such as lima bean), hyphenated (two words with a hyphen between them, such as runner-up), and closed (one word, such as rowboat). In some cases, competing compound stylings appear in different publications. This is generally acceptable as long as the spelling remains consistent throughout a book or periodical.
Compounds have a tendency to move from open to closed as time goes by, and our evidence suggests that time frame is headed in this direction. At this point, however, the open compound is far more prevalent.
Examples of time frame in a Sentence
Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
Within the same time frame, residents of the Pocket made roughly 300 calls to police regarding mail theft.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The school, which enrolled over 32,000 students last fall, is hoping to distribute aid offers by the first week of May — months behind its typical time frame of January to March.
—Haley Messenger, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Disney+, in contrast, lost 1.3 million core subscribers in the same time frame and is still not profitable.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
Apple has purchased more than 20 AI startups from 2017 through last year, which is about twice the number that each Microsoft and Meta bought during that time frame.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
But the small time frame also favored certain types of child victims.
—Kyle Dillon Hertz, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The early story that later brought us Clark Kent and Superman enjoyed intense popularity between 1938 and 1956, a time frame comic book experts refer to as the Golden Age.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Over 125 million people were injured, made homeless, displaced or evacuated during the the time frame.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Time frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20frame. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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