timescale
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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BBC Scotland News understands the council leader's estimated timescale is shared by other senior officials within the local authority.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Interactions between the magnetic field and the gas remove angular momentum from the pair, allowing the two objects to spiral inward and form a binary system within a realistic timescale.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Elon Musk’s rosy predictions for robotics could also come on a longer timescale than currently anticipated, they write, noting that earlier ambitious longer-term projections for vehicle sales and robotaxis have not been met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
On a shorter timescale, several major defense companies have seen their stock prices slip since the Iran war began, as the market grapples with potential supply chain bottlenecks.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
As Martin J. S. Rudwick puts it, "No geologist of any nationality whose work was taken seriously by other geologists advocated a timescale confined within the limits of a literalistic exegesis of Genesis."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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