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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 time

    A period of time refers to a specific interval, duration or segment of time which could be characterized by a specific event, condition, task, or phenomenon. It can be as short as a second or as long as years, centuries, or even eras in historical or geological frameworks. This term is often used in various fields such as history, science, business, and everyday life.

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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. Donald Trump:

    This is a scandal far greater in scope and magnitude than Watergate and those who were involved in and knew about this spying operation should be subject to criminal prosecution, in a stronger period of time in our country, this crime would have been punishable by death.

  2. Jordan Mah:

    Typically, with these infections, because they take a very long time to grow and they’re a little bit more fastidious, you need to treat them for a longer period of time, sometimes several months, so she’s doing better. I wouldn’t say 100%, but she’s doing a lot better than she was initially.

  3. Noman Mujtaba:

    That’s the environment, unfortunately, that you’re in, in Afghanistan, we’re not really sure exactly what the problems might be, once we get here. Noman Mujtaba’s fine for a period of time and then, unfortunately, Noman Mujtaba’s not. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS Noman Mujtaba and Noman Mujtaba wife decided to adopt Noman even though Lisa, an American, has never been to Afghanistan or met Noman, because Noman Mujtaba worried it was too dangerous for Lisa to visit the country. Since Noman Mujtaba first meeting with Noman, Noman Mujtaba, a professor at Nova Southeastern University, has visited Afghanistan 10 times and stayed three to five weeks at a time. Noman Mujtaba told AP Noman Mujtaba felt like the long adoption process was finally coming to a close and that Noman Mujtaba was going to be able to bring Noman home to Florida soon. Now, Noman Mujtaba’s not sure if or when Noman Mujtaba will happen.

  4. Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic:

    We would like to get their answers in a short period of time and I suggested to both Russia and Ukraine to have quite extensive bilateral meetings by the end of August to make sure that when we see each other next time we have realistic chances of succeeding.

  5. Jerrold Leikin:

    It's the eradication -- you can almost use that word -- of this substance within a relative short period of time -- a few years, it was expected, but the extent is quite surprising. And remember, this was not a drug. This was an over-the-counter dietary supplement. There's been very few studies looking at the effect of an FDA ban on dietary supplements.


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