duration
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The economic impact’s depth depends on the duration of the disruption to the Strait of Hormuz; crude oil prices may not return to prewar levels before the end of 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Scottish Labour has pledged not to raise income tax for the duration of the next Holyrood parliament, and party leader Anas Sarwar has promised to maintain the Scottish Child Payment.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Fix your bond exposure: If your bond fund’s average duration is more than seven years, you are betting inflation returns to 2% fast.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Even with West Texas Intermediate crude back at the high-$60s/low-$70s in 2027, “management teams show little appetite to accelerate activity…They want to see both price and duration before acting.”
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
April advanced to May: a bright serene May it was; days of blue sky, placid sunshine, and soft western or southern gales filled up its duration.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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