run time
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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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