How to pronounce periods
Listen to periods in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“periods” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 655 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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other religious periods, exam periods, etc.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 42:53 · hear it here
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Are the time periods referenced aligned with our time periods?
Census Bureau · watch from 186:47 · hear it here
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pretty irregular periods.
UK Parliament · watch from 0:59 · hear it here
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periods of low unemployment.
Federal Reserve · watch from 17:02 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of periods. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.