period of time
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Making Hal a president for a long period of time wasn’t all that interesting to me, but I did want a little bit of a window into it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“It was important to us to throttle growth for a period of time to make sure that we can support this from an operational standpoint,” Wurster told analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"What has been fabulous about exam boards in England is that people have been allowed to sit their exams over a long period of time, one question at a time."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Annualized revenue is found by taking revenue from a month or another short period of time and using it to determine what a company could make in a full year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The thought of sitting in women’s clothing stores for any period of time immediately put him off.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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