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Princeton's WordNet

  1. time period, period of time, periodnoun

    an amount of time

    "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

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  1. period of time

    An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. Comparable terms are epoch, age, period, saeculum, aeon (Greek aion) and Sanskrit yuga.

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  1. period of timeadjective

    Amount of time

    To live in a period of time that has seen such amazing change is a gift to the soul


    Submitted by MaryC on March 2, 2023  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of period of time in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of period of time in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of period of time in a Sentence

  1. Nikki Bella:

    I love John so much, he is such an amazing man, I’m just right now going through a period of time where I need to focus on me and work on me.

  2. John Richardson:

    The comprehensive review found that over a sustained period of time, rising pressure to meet operational demands led those in command to rationalize declining standards.

  3. Hans Mikkelsen:

    People are starting to look at that and saying that the Fed will not act for a long period of time.

  4. Gary Hanson:

    If it was knowingly operating in a fashion not allowed under the permit or if construction was done in a fashion that was not acceptable, that should cause the closure of the pipe for at least a period of time until those challenges are rectified.

  5. Peter Dutton:

    Suggestions that the concerns hadn’t been flagged by the Australian government, just defy, frankly, what’s on the public record and certainly what they’ve said publicly over a long period of time.


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