Example Sentences

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Periods of apparent advantage give way to new forms of competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Halliday: Periods are not talked about, really, in a mainstream manner.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Periods of volatility often create the most compelling opportunities to revisit prior ideas with fresh perspective.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

In this study, the researchers reassessed the fossil record of these footprints, examining physical fossil traces alongside published materials documenting Trisauropodiscus at four sites in Lesotho dating to the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic Periods.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

Periods one through six went by very smoothly for Nick.

From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements