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run time

British  

noun

  1. computing the time during which a computer program is executed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But Sora also cost massive compute run time, with OpenAI spending a reported $15 million a day to tickle a nonpaying public.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

With a run time of an hour and 49 minutes, the release is an ambitious undertaking consisting of three parts and 29 tracks.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

Including songs from ten of her studio albums, her setlist features 46 songs, 16 costume changes and a total run time of more than three hours.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2024

With the 20-minute run time of a Chaplin short, “Amerika” speaks of tyrants and the downtrodden who resist them.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2024

Far, far away, the rattlesnake was buzzing, short bursts, time to run, time to run, time, time, screamed Henry, but Jelly Belly was sitting on his head.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

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