duration
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Their analysis also accounted for factors that could influence fatigue, including age, sleep duration, workload, and eating habits.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
The longer until a bond matures, the greater its sensitivity is to rate changes, a measure known as duration.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
"Arranging for an astronaut to carry out a one-year in-orbit residency experiment is by no means a simple matter of adding together two six-month missions in terms of duration," Zhang said.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
What's extraordinary about this heatwave is not only the level of heat but its duration.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
When we arrived at Tallebudgera we scampered off the bus, grabbed our sleeping bags and clothes, and walked across the patchy grass to the shabby huts that were home for the duration.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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