How to Use time span in a Sentence

time span

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  • In a three-and-a-half-hour time span the kiddos cook two meals.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The locks changed throughout the two-decade time span of Season 1.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
  • That is an 8% increase from the 270 that occurred last year in the same time span.
    — Spencer Pauley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 July 2024
  • The rate doubled for white Americans in the same time span.
    — Aaron Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
  • That cohort makes up less than 5% of all NBA hires during that time span.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
  • Of those who got the inactive placebo, 43% died in the two-and-a-half-year time span of the study, but of those who received tafadamis, 30% died.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Beach volleyball takes place over the same time span—just at a sandier venue—and the schedule is stacked.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 24 July 2024
  • Advertisement Hitchcock was the head coach of the Stars for parts of eight seasons over a time span of more than two decades.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • Mac Jones has thrown 24 interceptions in his two NFL seasons, the 11th-most in that time span.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The Senate’s website doesn’t list any such roll call votes made during that time span, either.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Cowboys’ Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith did it four times during that time span.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Tesla’s discounts have been dramatic both in scale and time span — it’s dropped the starting price of the Model Y by 29% in just over three months.
    — Dana Hull, Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In that time span, its purchasing power has fallen to $5.08.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • One man was cited or arrested 20 times during a three-year time span.
    — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2024
  • Such a time span would have saved the cockpit voice data from Friday’s accident.
    — Jay Blackman, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • While contracts that run in three-year durations are the industry standard these days, 60-odd years ago the time span of pacts seemed to range from three to six years.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • Twenty sitting members of Congress were tried and convicted over the same time span.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Zillow data shows rents are up about 35% in that same time span, squeezing renters' budgets.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Salsa and guacamole prices were up 3% and 1% percent, respectively, in that same time span.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • According to current plans, Volume III will cover a 30-year time span.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Plants that were totally healthy released sound less than once an hour, but the plants that were stressed from dehydration or injury let the world know dozens of times in that same time span.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In that five-year time span, another 35 people were injured, according to a review of news stories from those years.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Those fires caused over $60 million in property damage in that same time span, according to FEMA.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2024
  • At the University of California, tuition for in-state students increased by about 54% in that time span, and for out-of-state students by more than 58%.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • This time span is long enough to raise interest in search expeditions but not so long that the animals would be presumed extinct.
    — Daniel Shailer, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Prosecutors said all the attacks occurred within a 15-minute time span, starting at around 5 a.m.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In total, Moscato made 94 appearances for Canada within a 13-year time span.
    — Jackie Gutierrez, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Prosecutors said all the attacks occurred within a 15-minute time span, starting around 5 a.m.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Private school enrollment increased by 8% during that same time span.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Specifically, the epidermis, or top layer of the skin, does so regularly over a time span of around 40 to 56 days, according to research.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023

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