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
Murat Ates, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Overall, men’s hockey ($4.6 million) drove the third-most revenue during that same time frame behind men’s basketball ($11.8 million) and football ($113 million).
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, the most visited theme park in the world, also has a ceiling of $199 during the same time frame.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
For the first three months of the year, NYPD detectives investigated 63 murders compared to 99 during that same time frame last year.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Time frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20frame. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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