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for the duration

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throughout adj.
meantime adv.
meanwhile adv.

ADJECTIVE

throughout

Synonyms

WEAK

all over all the time all through around at full length completely during every bit everyplace everywhere far and near far and wide from beginning to end from end to end from one end to the other from start to finish from the start from the word go high and low in all respects in every place in everything inside and out on all accounts over overall right through round the whole time through the whole of to the end up and down

ADVERB

meantime

Synonyms

STRONGEST

interim

STRONG

interregnum interruption interval meanwhile recess while

WEAK

at the same time concurrently for now for the moment for then in the interim in the interval in the meanwhile simultaneously

ADVERB

meanwhile

Synonyms

STRONG

meantime till

WEAK

ad interim concurrently during the interval for now for the moment for the time being for then in the interim in the interval in the intervening time in the meantime simultaneously until up to when

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for the duration

Having followed the paths of these two characters for the duration of the book, the reader is primed for a union that never really comes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

To ensure compliance, Sykes ordered ICE to provide access to “two qualified, independent, third-party monitors for the duration of this litigation or until terminated by court order,” according to the court order.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"There will be no airstrikes on our part, and Russia must reciprocally ensure a ceasefire -- without its own airstrikes -- for the duration needed to conduct these talks," he said in his evening address.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

The hearing on Thursday will determine whether the brothers will remain in jail for the duration of their court proceedings.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The manpower needs created by the six-year war generated several emancipation schemes whereby slaves would be freed and their owners compensated in return for enlistment for the duration of the conflict.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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