duration
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Researchers measured sleep duration and timing using activity monitors, which recorded how long participants stayed in bed.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
They take roughly the same interest-rate risk—known as duration, which measures how sensitive the portfolio is to changes in interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
The drugs' availability was expanded in April 2021, when the FDA said it would lift the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Granted, Sankar noted that growing demand for central processing units should “help the duration narrative for” dynamic random-access memory.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
The manpower needs created by the six-year war generated several emancipation schemes whereby slaves would be freed and their owners compensated in return for enlistment for the duration of the conflict.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing duration
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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