period
Example Sentences
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Teaching assistants have been making sure pupils experience the magic of Christmas only to struggle to meet the costs of the festive period for their own families, a union has said.
From BBC
“It’s leukemia,” she said, putting a clinical end to what had been our honeymoon period.
From Los Angeles Times
Over the years the column has ranged across periods, styles, regions and genres, covering the well-known as well as the little-known—and become very popular with readers.
On Tuesday, traders will be watching ADP’s weekly private-sector hiring data to see if payrolls increase, as they did over the past two periods.
The justices ruled unanimously that tossing Mr. Musk’s pay package—now worth about $139 billion—was “inequitable” and left him “uncompensated for his time and efforts over a period of six years.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
