interval
Example Sentences
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"Our study suggests using them intermittently, then activating suction at intervals, might be better. That's because mosquitoes don't tend to stick around their target when both clues aren't used at the same time."
From Science Daily
From the crest of the hill we saw it, like a vast scar on the green German landscape; a city of low gray barracks surrounded by concrete walls on which guard towers rose at intervals.
From Literature
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Investment banks see opportunities to cash in as redemption requests hitting private-credit interval funds and other nonbank lenders drive demand for loans to cover the withdrawals.
Even the cabbages, radishes, and long green beans laid out on the vegetable carts were dusty, despite the sellers swiping them with cloths at regular intervals.
From Literature
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To exit the fund, Cliffwater investors submit redemption requests during designated time periods, or intervals, when the fund is legally required to buy back shares.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.