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
They might have claimed a longer period of existence, as their first charter was granted by Edward IV.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
He was in that blissful period of existence when the interpretations of life imparted to him by his elders solved the few simple problems of thought and action pressed upon him by his environment.
From The Redemption of David Corson by Goss, Charles Frederic
As for me, I confess by far the greater portion of my sorrows seemed to come in that budding period of existence when life is ever fairest and most captivating.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James
And therefore it is, that when men approach that period of existence when they must go, there is an instinctive lingering over things which they shall never see again.
From Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series by Robertson, Frederick William
