period
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The regional culture that occupied Tampa Bay and nearby areas during this period is known as Safety Harbor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
There is a five-year federal lookback period for certain Medicaid long-term-care transfers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix’s $26.5 billion listing of depository receipts in New York was the largest fundraising of the period, followed by Intel’s $23 billion capital raise in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
For the first two years, that's 30 movies annually, and for the remaining period it has to release 32 films each year.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
My stomach tightened as I contemplated another lunch period in the library.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
By the 13th day of using the oil, participants said they felt less sleepy after waking and more recovered from fatigue compared with periods when they used the unscented control.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
"We want clearer guidelines for workload and recovery. It is about the time between matches, consecutive rest periods, travel strain and how much time players get to recover after a long season."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Economic growth has generally been stronger during periods of higher mortgage rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
While locals are used to periods of low water, this particular spell is alarming, with the record low of 1906 set to be surpassed imminently.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The other great composers of Western music lived during other periods: Bach and Handel were Baroque era composers, for example; Brahms and Wagner, Romantic53 ; and Ravel and Debussy, Impressionist.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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