| Subject | English | Russian |
| cliche. | a short span of time | короткое время (Thinking that she may have fallen down the ridge, I looked down and there was nothing, no sign of her, and even if she had fallen the creek was not fast flowing enough for her to have been totally swept away in such a short span of time. Looking back towards the meadow also showed me that she was nowhere, even though if she had somehow changed course and returned she had only been out of sight for a split second and I should have seen her doing so. -- за такое короткое время  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | for a brief span of time | непродолжительное время (What was this thing? The creature was only ever seen in the area of Matsudo and only for a brief span of time, leaving the impression that whatever it was it was probably only a passing visitor. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | for a brief span of time | ненадолго (What was this thing? The creature was only ever seen in the area of Matsudo and only for a brief span of time, leaving the impression that whatever it was it was probably only a passing visitor. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | for a brief span of time | кратковременно (What was this thing? The creature was only ever seen in the area of Matsudo and only for a brief span of time, leaving the impression that whatever it was it was probably only a passing visitor. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| cliche. | for a brief span of time | в течение короткого времени (What was this thing? The creature was only ever seen in the area of Matsudo and only for a brief span of time, leaving the impression that whatever it was it was probably only a passing visitor. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | for a brief span of time | короткий промежуток времени (What was this thing? The creature was only ever seen in the area of Matsudo and only for a brief span of time, leaving the impression that whatever it was it was probably only a passing visitor. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | in a short span of time | за короткое время (A.Rezvov) |
| gen. | in a short span of time | за короткий промежуток времени (Bloomberg Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in a short span of time | за короткий срок (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in such a short span of time | за такой короткий срок (CNN, 2019 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in such a short span of time | за столь короткий промежуток времени (CNN, 2019 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| product. | short span of time | сжатый срок (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| gen. | span of time | отрезок времени |
| cliche. | within a short span of time | за короткий промежуток времени (One curious aspect of the UFO phenomenon is how many sightings seem to come in waves, with many witnesses coming forward in the same area within a short span of time, for whatever reasons. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| cliche. | within a short span of time | за короткий период времени (One curious aspect of the UFO phenomenon is how many sightings seem to come in waves, with many witnesses coming forward in the same area within a short span of time, for whatever reasons. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| cliche. | within a short span of time | в течение короткого времени (One curious aspect of the UFO phenomenon is how many sightings seem to come in waves, with many witnesses coming forward in the same area within a short span of time, for whatever reasons. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| comp., MS | within a very short span of time | за очень короткий промежуток времени (Alex_Odeychuk) |
