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Definition

the time during which something continues

I take zinc tablets to help shorten the duration of a cold.

duration = the time during which something continues

More frequent and longer duration exercise is associated with better health.

duration = the time during which something continues

I've asked Aldous to book me at the same place as the rest of the band, not just for the festival but the duration of the tour.
Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
So I'm turning my bombsight in for the duration.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
Albert Malvoisin, alarmed and impatient at the duration of their conference, now advanced to interrupt it.
Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
Let there be parades through every city in the land and a gala carnival of three days' duration, consisting of jousts, games, feasts, and follies."
Norton Juster -- The Phantom Tollbooth
"And then probably back to France, as I'm still enlisted for the duration.
James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons
Indecision had not hitherto been one of Newman's weaknesses, and in this case it was not of long duration.
Henry James -- The American
You and I will stand here for the duration of the act.
Lemony Snicket -- The Bad Beginning
And I know it was necessary that you had to cease to exist as my son to me for the duration of the emergency.
Robert Cormier -- After the First Death
Furthermore, in the absence of your regular duties, I appoint you Eragon and Saphira's guide for the duration of their stay.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
The happy state in which the family had spent the evening, as just recorded, was not of very long duration.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
And compared to the duration of life it did not seem to him slower than an awakening from sleep compared to the duration of a dream.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
"Ah, do keep it to yourself then, for the duration of the journey, and not go bragging, will you?" the young wife cried at him.
Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
She had come to Chicago for the duration of the fair and was renting a mansion near the mayor's.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
No Patton rushing for the Rhine, no beachheads to storm and win and hold for the duration.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
You could judge the force and duration of the current by the intensity of Pearce's screams.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
Unlike his brother, Leo XII Loayza had enjoyed a stable marriage of sixty years' duration, and he was always proud of not working on Sundays.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera
On one trip that took place in the winter I remember that we each were assigned to a truck for the duration of the problem.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
"Well, every night I'd collect the ashtrays and I'd put them inside of my washing machine for the duration of the night.
Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach

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