noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , short
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She ruled for ten years, except for a brief ~.
▪ long , wide
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You are advised to leave a wide ~ before you have your next child.
▪ 10-minute , six month , three-year , etc.
▪
Try setting your automatic email checker to 30-minute ~s.
▪ fixed , specified
▪
the amount of oxygen used by the muscles during a specified ~
▪ decent
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After a decent ~ she made her new relationship public.
▪ time
▪
They will be interviewed again after an appropriate time ~ has elapsed.
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~s
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At ~s a bell rings and workers stop for a drink.
▪ in the ~
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Polling day was a week away and Baldwin made two speeches in the ~.
▪ ~ between
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The ~s between his various illnesses grew shorter and shorter.
PHRASES
▪ at fixed, periodic, regular, etc. ~s
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Trains run at fixed ~s.
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He returned home during the day at regular ~s.
▪ at irregular ~s , at random ~s
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The accounts were updated at irregular ~s.
▪ at hourly, weekly, monthly, etc. ~s
▪
Meetings are held at monthly ~s.