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.

  1. other religious periods, exam periods, etc.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 42:53 · hear it here

  2. Are the time periods referenced aligned with our time periods?

    Census Bureau · watch from 186:47 · hear it here

  3. pretty irregular periods.

    UK Parliament · watch from 0:59 · hear it here

  4. 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.

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