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time

[tahym] / taɪm /




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It is time to leave the quiet of the museum for the roar of the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

They point to what they say are £95m in cash reserves as well as the university's purchase of land in the city centre for about £4.5m, which they say is foolish at this time.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

At the time, Powell said he would not leave that position until the probe over the cost overruns was "well and truly over, with transparency and finality."

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

RM’s mother, father and sister even arrived to celebrate, but he didn’t have much time to hang around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

But right now, Phineas is working on the railroad and his time has nearly come.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

There are also times when the audience strongly disagrees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“The proceedings were at all times extremely hard fought on both sides,” the panel wrote in its decision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

One of her most memorable career moments came during one particular episode in 1988 - the footage of which has gone viral several times over in recent years.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

To put it another way, it makes it four times as likely that you will die of a neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

I started the stitch three times and then pushed the needle through the hide and slowly pulled, snugging up the beads almost like Sela had.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

These included timed light exposure, melatonin, a clock-targeting drug called KL001, and time-restricted feeding.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

This July 4, timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, came the White House report.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Just go out and be athletic, and I think it started to feel a little bit more timed up.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

There were seats assigned by state and indicated by tall signs on poles, there was a host of precisely timed and deeply forgettable speeches by elected officials, and, of course, there was a keynote speaker.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

Six times it came, nearer at each blast, and with his watch he timed the precision of its intervals—one minute went by between each.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

“Looking ahead, there are two important timing dynamics: when the conventional shell egg market begins to rebalance and when our investments in prepared foods translate into greater earnings contribution,” Miller said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

A spokesperson for the University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action, adding many students would be "unaffected" by the strikes.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The warnings weren’t specific about the timing or the scale of the possible attack, the officials and people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The new analysis suggests that accounting for these timing effects can substantially change estimates of how often mammography identifies cancers that would otherwise never have caused a problem.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Somkit swung the staff out with miraculous timing.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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