These predictions have been validated by the passage of time.

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Microsoft has also hoped that, given the speed of change in the technology business, any remedies that the government proposed might be rendered irrelevant by the passage of time.

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In it, characters come, go and then return later, often much changed for better or worse by fate and the passage of time.

ECONOMIST: English memoirs

The trader benefits from subsiding volatility as well as the passage of time by holding the short straddle.

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But both style and linguistic acrobatics get erased by translation and go stale with the passage of time.

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At sentencing, it is common for defense counsel and judges alike to invoke the passage of time and intervening efforts by the cooperating witness to acknowledge his or her wrongdoing as factors in favor of a reduced sentence.

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The passage of time is irrelevant when considering the stonewalling by banks and insurers.

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Ironically, the one area where the passage of time can help cooperating witnesses has gone unrecognized by most reported authorities.

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