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- ephemera
- something transitory; lasting a day
- sudden death
- (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf
- century
- a period of 100 years
- Middle Paleolithic
- the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC
- silly season
- a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news
- degree day
- the day on which university degrees are conferred
- Guy Fawkes Day
- day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
- Discovery Day
- a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
- dogwatch
- either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm
- usance
- the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- Passion Sunday
- second Sunday before Easter
- mid-December
- the middle part of December
- forenoon
- the time period between dawn and noon
- present times
- the circumstances and ideas of the present age
- grace
- a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor
- golden age
- any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
- social season
- the season for major social events
- Dhu al-Hijjah
- the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years
- times
- a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
- reign
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
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