Course and Span

Course

Course noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

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Span and course are semantically related in duration topic. In some cases you can use "Span" instead the word "Course" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Span noun - The distance or interval between two points.

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Course and span are semantically related in period topic. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead the word "Span" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: spanned

sensible	sensible course	sensible span
good	good course	good span
long	long course	long span
particular	particular course	particular span
Other adjectives: normal, natural, short, certain, original, reasonable, single, small, entire, black, giant.

During the course of the game, she found out that she has the Eyes of Etro, meaning her life span shortens every time she changes the timeline.

Source: Angst? What Angst?
In every game to date, the player characters wear the exact same farm outfit for the course of the game... and several of the games' storylines span for many years.

Source: Limited Wardrobe / Video Games
In addition, they all have biotic powers and have a natural life span of around one thousand years (barring injury, illness or death, of course) and in general are viewed as wise, peaceful beings.

Source: Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality

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