in/within the space of
idiom
: before the end of (a stated time) : in (a stated time) or less
They finished in/within the space of an hour.
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So, in the space of nothing, Dan now has the title and the melody happening.
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Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Yet in the space of a few days, civil war broke out within the FIFA Council, which is the decision-making body that sits at the top of the organisation.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Their sons’ bodies are simultaneously privileged within the space of football and stereotyped as more mature, dangerous, and threatening in the real world outside of sport.
—Essence, 9 May 2025
How would this side react to a second dose of adversity in the space of four days?
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Yet in the space of a few days, civil war broke out within the FIFA Council, which is the decision-making body that sits at the top of the organisation.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Their sons’ bodies are simultaneously privileged within the space of football and stereotyped as more mature, dangerous, and threatening in the real world outside of sport.
—Essence, 9 May 2025
How would this side react to a second dose of adversity in the space of four days?
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in/within the space of
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“In/within the space of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%2Fwithin%20the%20space%20of. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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