period
Example Sentences
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Moreover, a large healthcare workers’ strike occurred during the period that the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed employers for February, further weighing on the jobs count.
U.S.-based tech employers announced more than 33,000 job cuts from January to February, up 51% compared with the same period last year, the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a remarkably tight range for such a long period of time.
From MarketWatch
Warren Buffett once quipped that his favorite holding period is “forever.”
Adam French, head of consumer finance at Moneyfacts, said it was also worth noting that higher inflation for a prolonged period was also damaging for households.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
