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time frame
/ˈtaɪm freɪm/ (say 'tuym fraym)

noun a period of time within which some event or process takes place: *the assay is done on a single cell removed from a 3-day-old embryo and takes another 3 days to complete, a time frame judged too close to the 6-day limit for a `fresh' embryo to be implanted. –aap news, 2000.

Also, timeframe.