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during | thru |

As a proper noun during

is (rare).

As a preposition thru is

.

during

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • For all of a given time interval.
  • * 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
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  • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
  • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
  • At any time or period within a given time interval.
  • * , chapter=4
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • thru

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date= , year=1996 , month=December , first=Joe , last=Hastreiter , author= , coauthors= , title=Sludge Management Savings Found Among Reeds , volume=143 , issue=12 , page=23 , magazine=Water Engineering & Management , publisher=Scranton Gillette Communications , issn= , url= , passage=We wanted an overall treatment system that gave us optimum reliability and required a minimum of labor to operate - from primary clarifier thru sludge handling, …}}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date=Fall , year=2003 , month= , first=Hasson , last=Kevin J. , author= , coauthors= , title=Religious Liberty and Human Dignity: A Tale of Two Declarations , volume=27 , issue=1 , page=81-92 , magazine=Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy , publisher=Harvard , issn= , url= , passage=… to respect human rights, then failing to explicitly define thru common understanding.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date=Winter , year=2004 , month=December 22, , first= , last= , author= , coauthors=Fredericks, Marcel / Odiet, Jeff A. / Miller, Steven I. / Fredericks, Janet , title=Toward an Understanding of "Genetic Sociology" and Its Relationships to Medical Sociology and Medical Genetics in the Educational Enterprise. , volume=125 , issue=2 , page=222-235 , magazine=Education , publisher=Project Innovation, Inc. , issn=0013-1172 , url= , passage=As the technology improves, there is a possibility to reprogram adult stem cells for therapeutic cloning without "passing it thru " the preimplantation embryo, thus negating current ethical challenges to such research.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date=Winter , year=2006 , month=December, , first=Roxanne , last=Mills , author= , coauthors= , title=Leadership in Higher Education and the Second Half of Life , volume=127 , issue=2 , page=294-302 , magazine=Education , publisher=Project Innovation, Inc. , issn=0013-1172 , url= , passage=Going thru a great crisis of self-analysis, especially in relation to job, school, work, students. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , date=Winter , year=2010 , month=January, , first=David , last=Martinez , author= , coauthors= , title=Pulling Down the Clouds: The O'odham Intellectual Tradition during the "Time of Famine" , volume=34 , issue=1 , page=1-32 , magazine=American Indian Quarterly , publisher=University of Nebraska Press , issn=0095-182X , url= , passage=Myths and Legends of the Pimas of Arizona as received by J. William Lloyd from Comalk-Hawk-Kih (Thin Buckskin) thru the interpretation of Edward Hubert Wood. }}
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2011 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Fancine N. D'Aprile , title=From Hell on Earth to the Foot of the Cross , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Trafford Publishing , isbn=9781426966132 , page=157 , passage=If you see thru' my eyes, you'd wish you weren't here, because all you will feel sadness and fear. It loneliness and sorrow if you see '''thru''' my eyes sit and talk to before you say goodbye. See ' thru my eyes and a tear you will see, I wish you could cry and cry with me. }}
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  • (UK, rare, regional, or, dialectal)
  • Usage notes

    * Thru'' is mostly used where the preposition ''through'' could be used (e.g. ''Monday thru''' Friday''); it is less common as an adjective or adverb (''I'm '''thru with the vacuuming ). It is less used in formal situations, except in cases where brevity is wanted such as roadway signs or date ranges. * This spelling is not used in standard British English, though it can be found as an abbreviation – similar to thro' – and is recently becoming noticeable due to use by American-based companies. It may also be used as an eye dialect spelling in some regions. ** Through'' is rarely used in any spelling to indicate ranges in British English; '' are used instead. * Thru'' is often used, in both American and British English, in professional drafting (''5/8? thru hole ) to save space and simplify annotation on a drawing for fabrication or construction.

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