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duration

noun as in length of action, event

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There also would have to be lenders willing to make them and capable of managing a more complex set of default, interest-rate, duration and prepayment risks.

She hoped they might stay groggy for the duration and thus be spared any disturbing encounters with ghosts and the like, but Lady Constance had a different idea.

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That price tag also stays fixed for the duration of schooling.

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Raschke is known for swing trading for shorter durations — anywhere from an hour to two months.

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Over recent decades the Met Office have observed a decrease in the frequency, duration, and intensity of cold spells, clearly linked to climate change.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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