in a period
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Microsoft and Oracle have shown resilience in a period of AI disruption.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
"It'd be nice for me to do something completely different. I'd love to do a comedy or I'd like to be a scullery maid in the kitchens in a period drama."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
“Just as in the rest of the world, we are in a period of trial and error,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
The so-called debasement trade as well as a drive for hard assets in a period of rising inflation and its safe-haven allure have been the chief locomotives of the breathtaking rally in silver.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
Then she went right into the New York Yanks without putting in a period.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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