Hours
Hours noun - An indefinite period of time.
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- With it, he can bring any historical person into the present for 36 hours, after which, they get sent back to their proper time with no memory of their time in the present.
Source: Series / Mentors -
Josh Lyman's injuries are more severe - he takes a bullet in the stomach - but a similar principle is present; it's touch and go whether he'll even survive the night, it takes hours of surgery to save his life, and the next episode deals with his gradual, months-long recovery.
Source: Only a Flesh Wound -
In all cases, they took the slow path back to the present (although it was only a matter of hours in each case).
Source: The Slow Path
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Present and Hours. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hours/present
Hours & Present. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hours/present>.
Present or Hours. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hours/present.
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