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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mean time" is not correct in standard written English.
It is likely a confusion with the phrase "meanwhile" or "in the meantime," which are used to indicate a period of time between two events.
Example: "I will finish my report; in the meantime, you can start preparing the presentation."
Alternatives: "in the interim" or "during that time".
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"Standard light bulbs have a mean time to failure of about 1,000 hours," he said.
Data will be stored in "an on-line armoured truck with a mean time between failures measured in decades".
The insured outpatients spent a mean time of 236.8 minutes while the uninsured outpatient respondents spent a mean time of 203.0 minutes seeking health care services.
Fixator removal was achieved in a mean time of 12 weeks (range, 10 18).
The overall recurrent dysplasia rate was 31%, with a mean time to recurrence of 11.9 months.
Implant survival was 99% after a mean time in function of 19 ± 9 months.
In this series, we observed a mean time to union of 16 weeks.
Absorption issues were the next longest duration of interruption with a mean time of 9.65 hours.
Such a worsening occurred in a mean time of 55 months.
All lesions healed uneventfully after a mean time of 17 weeks (range 12 22 weeks).
In the present study, all fractures were united in a mean time of 11.64 weeks.
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