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  • noun Plural form of length.

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Examples

  • Actually, when you use the term lengths, it seems to make more sense!

    Wired Campus 2010

  • The issues in question are allowing the mayor to vote if council deadlocks - currently, the mayor can never vote - and bumping the term lengths for mayor and council member at-large from two years to four, which would bring them in line with all other council members.

    The Austin Daily Herald 2010

  • McAlister also said he was concerned with increasing the term lengths of the mayor and councilmember at-large.

    The Austin Daily Herald 2009

  • The Senate State Government Committee is slated to vote on the term lengths bill Monday, but the full Senate and Assembly would have to approve it before it goes to the voters in the fall.

    --1010 WINS Newswatch Headlines 2009

  • The term lengths of copyright far exceed the minimum necessary to obtain such works (which should be the criteria), and "fair use" needs to be clearer and more expansive.

    David A. Wheeler's Blog 2008

  • We're seeing more and more banks regain confidence in each other and return to overnight lending, as well as lending for other term lengths, so that's a clear positive.

    BloggingStocks 2008

  • We're seeing more and more banks regain confidence in each other and return to overnight lending, as well as lending for other term lengths, so that's a clear positive.

    BloggingStocks 2008

  • A balance of lengths is likewise desirable - though I regret that often I have to leave out outstanding novellas, simply because they take up so much room.

    MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 3) 2009

  • (Click HERE for an auto loan calculator that shows how different loan interest rates, term lengths and extra payments impact your monthly payments and overall interest paid.)

    Jason Alderman: Can You Afford a New Car? 2010

  • Apparently we can agree that light ray path lengths from the "… point of emission are always zero".

    Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In? 2008

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