Duration and Years

Duration

Duration noun - The period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress.

Years and duration are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Years" instead a noun "Duration".

Years

Years noun - A prolonged period of time.
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Synonyms for Years

Duration and years are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Duration" instead a noun "Years".

Both words in one sentence

  • Time Abyss Depending on whether it's in American or British notation, that's either Ten-to-the-63rd or Ten-to-the-120th years, or a vastly greater span of time than the duration of the known universe.
    Source: Time Abyss
  • Useful Notes / We Are Not the Wehrmacht The usual option; duration depends on the career choice, the minimum for enlistees is two years (with a maximum of 15), for medical officers, the minimum is 17 years.
  • Video Game / Star Control Microts: The Slylandro have "rotation," "Drahnasa," and "Drahn" which are something like their equivalent of days, years, and millennia (not particularly similar in duration to ours though).
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