long period
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That’s “probably one of the higher values” recorded there, but meteorologists don’t have a long period of registered climate data for that area so it’s hard to say, he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I have 100% confidence that you know through quite a long period of time they’re going to be utilizing Nvidia compute for a lot of their computing,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Additional analysis of nearby seismic stations, long period seismic waves, and satellite imagery led to the determination that the seismic event was instead a glacial collapse and debris flow, and that no earthquake had occurred."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Van der Meer tied the current housing-market doldrums to the long period of underinvestment in the offshore oil industry.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“You won’t need this piece of information for a while,” Manet said quietly after a long period of silence.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
