Example Sentences

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Periods of apparent advantage give way to new forms of competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Periods of hot weather can affect anyone, but some people run a greater risk of serious harm.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“Investors tend to extrapolate recent performance. Periods of strong gains foster overconfidence.”

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Periods of relapse and recovery closely matched changes in specific bacterial strains and metabolic activity in the gut, offering additional biological evidence for the condition.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Periods of want and hardship were not uncommon, child mortality was high, and an accident which would be minor today could easily become a death sentence.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari