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duration
The word "duration" is almost always used as a noun to describe a span of time. It is more formal than using the word "length." When using it in a sentence, it is common to see the phrase "for the duration of," which means "until something ends."
💬Trò chuyện
🎬Tuesday afternoon, Sarah is hiding in the breakroom to avoid a meeting.
Jessica
David wants the screen recording. What was the total duration?
Sarah
I'm still trimming it down so he doesn't lose his mind.
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Jessica is anxious about providing a specific metric to their boss, while Sarah uses the idiom 'lose his mind' to describe David's tendency to overreact to long or inefficient presentations.