in duration

ADJECTIVE

present

Synonyms

STRONGEST

current

STRONG

begun being coeval commenced contemporary instant modern nowadays prompt started today

WEAK

ad hoc already at this moment contemporaneous even now existent extant for the time being going on immediate in process just now present-day topical under consideration up-to-date

Antonyms

STRONG

late old

WEAK

far former future past previous

ADJECTIVE

present-day

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contemporary modern

WEAK

ad hoc already at this moment begun being coeval commenced contemporaneous current even now existent existing extant for the time being going on immediate in process instant just now new now nowadays prompt started today topical under consideration up-to-date

Antonyms

STRONGEST

old old-fashioned

Example Sentences

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Yet stocks can recover from such shocks, especially if they are short in duration.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

This one, eight episodes in duration, doesn’t take that long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

However, the Environment Agency said that the total number of spills were down - meaning that on average spills in 2024 were longer in duration.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

But as the days and weeks went by, the headaches became more frequent, longer in duration and increasingly painful.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

Then came a run of punishing dry spells, many more than a decade in duration, interrupted by gigantic floods.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

in duration

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