duration
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"This is why these interim measures will remain in place for the duration of the investigation."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Team Melli will be based in Tijuana for the duration of the tournament, but all three of their group stage matches are due to be held in the United States.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
In fact for much of the show’s duration evidence of serious mental instability is hard to detect among the young women Susanna finds herself living with.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
LIN-42 then helps regulate the intensity and duration of the genetic pulse.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 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
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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