time frame
noun
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Should time frame be written as one word or two? At present, it is most commonly styled as two words with no hyphen in between.
Compounds, or “words consisting of components that are words,” come in three varieties: open (two words with a space between them, such as lima bean), hyphenated (two words with a hyphen between them, such as runner-up), and closed (one word, such as rowboat). In some cases, competing compound stylings appear in different publications. This is generally acceptable as long as the spelling remains consistent throughout a book or periodical.
Compounds have a tendency to move from open to closed as time goes by, and our evidence suggests that time frame is headed in this direction. At this point, however, the open compound is far more prevalent.
Examples of time frame in a Sentence
Hunter Felt, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Port Isabel, Texas, recorded half a year’s worth of rain after 13 inches fell in that time frame.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
So which of those two teams has won the most games in that time frame?
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
As the industry gears up for its annual spring rush, The Broadway League has reported season-to-date statistics that put Broadway at around 95% of the sales and attendance totals from the same time frame in 2018-19, which saw sales of $1.84 billion from 14.77 million visitors.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Time frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20frame. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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