Sample Sentences forduration (editor-reviewed)
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I take zinc tablets to help shorten the duration of a cold.duration = time (during which something continues)
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The duration of the flight from New York to London is about seven hours.duration = length of time
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More frequent and longer duration exercise is associated with better health.duration = time during
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The duration of my absence was left to my own choice; a few months, or at most a year, was the period contemplated. (source)duration = length of time
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He had been worn down by the sheer duration of Dad's droning.† (source)
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You and I will stand here for the duration of the act.† (source)
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Bold and bright, a trilogy of happiness would continue for summer's duration and into autumn.† (source)
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But think of the enormous, immeasurable durations it can give you out of time.† (source)
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There was one surprise; maids had disappeared "for the Duration," a new phrase then.† (source)
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Approximately 800 mills of amperage at durations of 0.5 to 1.5 seconds had been applied on twenty-eight consecutive occasions, in a process known technologically as "Annihilation ECS."† (source)
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The three of them talked for the duration of the flight.† (source)
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I could not help but think if what Mother said was true, she had in turn done the exact same things to me, but for far longer durations and in such obsessive, vindictive ways.† (source)
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Erasmus has loaned you to me for the duration of my time here.† (source)
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The starting times and durations of the various eras were not exactly as King Wen had predicted, but they were close.† (source)
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Bar receipts always picked up sharply for the duration of her stay and fell off when it was over.† (source)
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No Journeys of Longer than Five Hours in Duration.† (source)
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