period of existence
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Neanderthals enjoyed a long period of existence between about 400,000 and 70,000 years ago, spreading from Africa to the Middle East and Europe.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
I don't believe there is one among us, excepting Mrs. Pedagog, to whom twenty-five was not the most delightful period of existence.
From The Inventions of the Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs
Then did Bonfire enter upon a period of existence in which box-stalls, crested quarter blankets, rubber-tired wheels and liveried drivers had no part.
From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Sewell Ford
Thus ended in Asia Minor the dominion of this people in their character of nomad conquerors; another period of existence now commenced for them.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
Since the pontificate of Nicholas V. the See of Rome had entered upon a new period of existence.
From New Italian sketches by John Addington Symonds
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