duration
Example Sentences
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In other words, banks would be required to take market risks—primarily duration and liquidity—they aren’t taking now.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
“Even so, this revised level may still underestimate both the difficulty and duration of normalization, particularly given the scale of shut‑ins and the constraints around shipping, insurance, port damage, and debris clearance,” they said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
The results showed that the electrical spikes matched key biological properties, including their timing and duration.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
We think this provides an opportunity to buy duration, and see 10-year yields falling back toward the 4% level with TLT working back towards $90 over the coming weeks.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
The limitation of both ethnic and ecclesiastical modes was that you had to stay in whatever mode you had started in for the duration of the performance.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing duration
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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Word Generation Weekly - Series 3
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